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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

with the incredible advancements in solar and wind it’s no longer the best option.

I haven't heard of any advancement that makes solar generate energy when the sun doesn't shine and wind generate energy when the wind isn't blowing.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The wind is always blowing somewhere and overproduction is cheaper than batteries

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    You can't overproduce electricity. You have to match the load.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I know. There are many solutions to this

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    No, there is pumped storage. Honestly, despite the plethora of start-ups claiming to have a solution (sodium batteries, molten-salt, etc) The only really proven way to store electricity for later is pumped storage, but that relies on geography (hills) which not everyone has. Batteries are great for phones, and cars but they simply don't scale to countries.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    California is doing pretty good with their battery storage. And if all the electric car batteries get old we can use them as stationary grid storage.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Overproduction is how you get blackouts from damaging the grid

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    it has got cheaper, but it has to get cheap enough that you can buy enough batteries with the difference. I'm not sure it has become that cheap. Maybe these sodium battery things will get developed.

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