HaraldvonBlauzahnGrid batteries reach stunning new peak of 44 percent of evening demand in California, the world's fourth biggest economy by GDP
TrackinDaKrakenThis is good news. Solar is the way to go, if there’s a way to supply nighttime demand, and batteries are one solution. Solar panels are cheaper, more efficient, and last much longer than wind turbines. We really should replace wind turbines with solar panels and batteries, or some other method of storing the energy.
However, none of this seems to matter, if the ignorant masses keep getting duped by the billionaires.
KushanFrom GP comment:
We really should replace wind turbines with solar panels and batteries, or some other method of storing the energy.
That’s wrong, wind can provide a steady energy source (you see that in the plot from the OP article), it is available during the night and, depending on geography, can match some energy demand quite well.
It is not competing, it is complementing each other in a way that less storage is needed.
For example, in coastal Northern Europe, there is lots of wind power in winter, when electricity is needed to power heat pumps.
California specifically has a long coast line exposed to west winds from the Pacific ocean.
Batteries complement these.
An ideal fourth complement would be wave power like the Pelamis type. (Pelamis was shelved by E.ON, a fossil energy company, but probably copied by the Chinese.)
Les mal meinen Kommentar im Kontext noch mal, ich glaub du hast da was durcheinander, das sage ich doch gar nicht
Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob ich den richtig verstanden habe.
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