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Unlike solar, power wind makes very little sense even if storage improves. This is true even in first principles so technological progress is unlikely to overco
by MrBuddyCasino 1y ago
Unlike solar, power wind makes very little sense even if storage improves. This is true even in first principles so technological progress is unlikely to overcome these limitations.
- energy123 1y agoI mean, you didn't address what I said, you just looped back to what you originally said.
- jacquesm 1y agoWhat's with the utterly uninformed takes on energy on HN? Wind makes extremely good sense and has been making good sense for 30 years or more now depending on where on the globe you are looking. There is a ton of FUD about it but it is practical, affordable, available and relatively fast to deploy. Moreover there is readily financing available to take care of the capex. There are 7 MW turbines deployed regularly https://www.enercon.de/en/turbines/e-175-ep5 https://www.enercon.de/en/turbines/e-175-ep5 And there are 10 MW turbines and higher on the drawing board. Offshore and onshore options are available.
- MrBuddyCasino 1y ago> it is practical, affordable, available and relatively fast to deploy It is none of those things.
- jacquesm 1y agoSorry, but you are not arguing in good faith. There 1.1+ TW of installed capacity producing approximately 30 to 35% of that installed capacity continuously. Turbine payback time is less than a decade. You are in the most literal sense tilting at windmills here.
- pjc50 1y ago> What's with the utterly uninformed takes on energy on HN? Culture war, innit.
- peterpost2 1y agoThis is a very uneducated take. Wind absolutely makes sense in plenty of locations. I myself am located on the west coast of Scotland and we get most of our energy from wind. Solar panels make much less sense here we tend to get much less light than most places in the world.