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Is 150GW enough for a “revolution”? That’s about 10% of current total power production.
by idontwantthis 6mo ago
Is 150GW enough for a “revolution”? That’s about 10% of current total power production.
- smallerize 6mo agoSolar is at 7%. It's very significant.
- idontwantthis 6mo agoThat’s my point. Solar is on track to eclipse that amount way before we would build all of this speculative geothermal.
- defrost 6mo agoJust make everything part of the mix, even dam to dam hydro on rural hillsides plays a part in stabilising grid edges. The more interesting use of geothermal power, IMO, is pushing heat underground with excess solar while the sun is high and the days are long, and pulling out electricity from heat in the darker times .. done large enough that carries across summer to winter.
- edbaskerville 6mo agoSolar and wind, with battery storage, can get you to say 90%, and then you only need 10% from other sources like geothermal and nuclear to fully decarbonize.