Gregory's Server@janrosenow that is good news but is the question of quantity is enough to address the energy problem ?. I mean how much more wind power is necessary to ensure that we can get ride of fossil based energy for good. I wonder if the data exists?
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@daveliepmann @zem @janrosenow That’s incorrect. Baseline electricity generation isn’t flexible enough to be switched off and on again quickly. What happens already, is that when there’s an oversupply, renewable energy is cut and coal/nuclear keeps running. That’s why there were so many investments in gas, before Putin invaded Ukraine. We need more energy storage, not baseline power. @ArcaneAlchemist @zem @janrosenow We don’t currently have the technology to store enough energy, by far. The current solution in Germany is building more gas power plants. Personally I’d prefer nuclear between those choices. |
@zem @janrosenow As a pro solar pro wind guy there is no amount of wind/solar power that will eliminate the need for steady power generation such as nuclear, gas, or coal in northern Europe, because the former sources are variable and out of our control