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Just needs more storage. Europe benefits a lot from diversification and transfers but there are still some pretty wild swings happening. e.g. The UK grid fluct
by Havoc 1y ago
Just needs more storage. Europe benefits a lot from diversification and transfers but there are still some pretty wild swings happening.
e.g. The UK grid fluctuates between 25% and 75% renewable. That only works because there is significant gas capacity on hand plus France nuclear and Norway hydro can cover about 15% with interconnects.
Only way to get this even more renewable is with plenty storage (or nuclear if you're of that persuasion)
- lysace 1y ago> Just needs more storage. It ”just” needs to be a magnitude or maybe two more economical. Context: Nordics, generally electric residential heating via heat pumps, week-long periods of very little sun + wind, typically when it’s the coldest. In the meanwhile we are rebuilding nuclear.
- ViewTrick1002 1y agoRebuilding nuclear? You mean like OL3 or the political noise with hundreds of billions in subsidies needed to get the projects started?
- lysace 1y ago[flagged]
- ViewTrick1002 1y agoI just dislike lavish handouts to an industry that has spent the past 70 years living on them experiencing negative learning by doing and still expects the public to pay for their insurance. The plan is essentially locking in energy poverty for generations due to the costs. Are you not worried about pissing away one of the largest advantages Scandinavia has in cheap electricity? And instead of investing in the future we’re going all in on a dead end industry.