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smopecakes's avatar

Julien Jumox has a substack about the complementary value of solar and wind. It's clear on a seasonal basis. It's not as good weekly. Hourly it breaks down

As an Excel Energy guy said on a Fire 2 Fission episode I heard yesterday - our plan to replace coal by 2030 is wind, solar and hope that batteries advance enough to maybe come up 7

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Michael Magoon's avatar

I think that most people simply do not understand the complications of keeping an electrical grid running 24/7/365. It seems deceptively easy, but devilishly difficult when you get into the details.

And then you add in great variations in the availability of solar and wind energy by region, it gets damn near impossible to see a global Green solution for the foreseeable future.

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