Comment on Anon questions our energy sector

• marx2k@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Nuclear: As long as you don’t care about the magic rocks once the magic has decayed to a level where they’re not boiling water anymore

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• uniquethrowagay@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Storage is a solvable problem. Whereas we don’t have the resources to power the world with nuclear plants.

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  • iii@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Storage is a solvable problem

    I’m not convinced it is. Storage technologies exist for sure, but the general public seems to grossly underestimate the scale of storage required to match grid demand and renewables only production.

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    • jaemo@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Ok but maybe a counterpoint is we are overestimating the ability of the atmosphere and ocean to absorb CO2 and maintain a habitable planet. I’d rather store isotopes in the earth (where they came from anyway) than carbon in the air.

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    • Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think you underestimate how much storage power is currently being build and how many different technologies are available. In Germany alone there currently are 61 projects planed and in the approval phase boasting a combined 180 Gigawatts of potential power until 2030. Those of them that are meant to be build at old nuclear power plants (the grid connection is already available there) are expected to deliver 25% of the necessary storage capacity. In addition all electric vehicles that are assumed to be on the road until 2030 add another potential 100GW of power.

      Of course these numbers are theoretical as not every EV will be connected to a bidirectional charger and surely some projects will fail or delay, however given the massive development in this sector and new, innovative tech (not just batteries but f.e. a concrete ball placed 800m below sea level, expected to store energy extremely well at 5.8ct / kilowatt) there’s very much reason for optimism here.

      It’s also a funny sidenote that France, a country with a strong nuclear strategy, frequently buys power from Germany because it’s so much cheaper.

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      • Ooops@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Another important note about France: They are the second country alongside Germany heavily pushing for an upscaled green hydrogen market in the EU. Because -just like renewables- nuclear production doesn’t match the demand pattern at all. Thus it’s completely uneconomical without long-term storage.

        The fact that we seem to constantly discuss nuclear vs. renewables is proof that it’s mostly lobbying bullshit. Because in reality they don’t compete. It’s either renewables+short-term storage+long-term-term storage or renewables+nuclear+long-term storage. Those are the only two viable models.

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      • iii@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s not just power that’s needed (MW), also stored energy (MWh).

        Germany consumes on average 1.4TWh of electricity a day (1). Imagine bridging even a short dunkelflaute of 2 days.

        Worldwide lithium ion battery production is 4TWh a year (2).

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