Comment on Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 10 hours agoAnd how cheap are renewables when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine?
That’s why I included storage in my comment. Wind and solar are very predictable across a longer time frame.
The UK has periods where there is not enough wind or sun or battery storage to sustain demand.
Really? Can you provide a source for this?
uthredii@programming.dev 9 hours ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkelflaute
The wikipedia article itself has many sources, I won’t pretend I have read them. Pretty sure I first heard of this in a modo energy video, but I couldn’t find it. Regardless it is a well researched phenomenon and is a real challenge we need to overcome.
Technically you could do it with enough battery storage but those batteries would be doing nothing most of the time when the weather is normal.
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 9 hours ago
It’s right there in the article, “To ensure power during such periods flexible energy sources may be used, energy may be imported, and demand may be adjusted.”
uthredii@programming.dev 9 hours ago
What do you think a flexible energy source is?
It also says:
To be clear, I am in favor of importing electricity across borders but if most of Europe is affected by Dunkelflaute then I don’t think it would be sufficient. Lets hope for the best and plan for the worst.
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 9 hours ago
NG or hydrogen peaker plants, hydro, tidal, flywheels, etc.
That’s why this looks like a great idea:
en.wikipedia.org/…/Xlinks_Morocco–UK_Power_Projec…