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Your at the north pole ... its dark all day long (and cold) ... you need some heat and some power
by blitzar 2mo ago
Your at the north pole ... its dark all day long (and cold) ... you need some heat and some power
- peterashford 2mo agoScott base in Antarctica (NZ's scientific research base) is installing wind turbines and batteries and getting rid of diesel generators.
- cozzyd 2mo agoYes but the South Pole burns jet fuel. Not much wind and 6 months of darkness. The hut point peninsula is consistently windy though and the turbines are pretty! https://photos.app.goo.gl/goDVb7KuiKr6soHT6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/goDVb7KuiKr6soHT6
- peterashford 2mo agoSo, larger batteries, then. Or produce hydrogen from excess wind power in the summer as a chemical battery.
- cozzyd 2mo agoyes, people (some of whom I know) have looked at this of course: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032123011322?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403212... but it's somewhat risky, since if the power goes out in winter, to first order, everyone dies. I think you'd always keep the generator on at low load, just in case. Note that wind turbines at pole have not historically been very successful, maybe that will improve.
- blitzar 2mo agoI presume the optimal solution is solid oxide fuel cells + renewables. Not complete science fiction, but not quite ready to do away with the diesel backup.
- hdgvhicv 2mo agoGreen hydrogen would work fine in those cases.