Comment on Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power
uthredii@programming.dev 14 hours agoen.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 13 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 13 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 13 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…
uthredii@programming.dev 13 hours ago
Yep I agree that is a great idea. I’m sure something like that will be developed at some point.