Dark Doldrums Overshadow Europe’s Energy Markets | Periods of low sun and wind, a weather pattern known as a Dunkelflaute, can increase electricity prices and stoke political tensions.

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Designing for this is going to be absolutely key. It means some mix of clean non-emitting generation, such as geothermal or nuclear, and long-duration storage, such as flow batteries or hydrogen.

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