Re:Germany Runs Up Against the Limits of Renewables
by crdoconnor on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @03:20PM
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>Improvements to battery technology and short-term energy storage are key to cracking this problem.
Between perpetually 10 years' away jesus-tech grid-scale batteries and letting the invisible hand catch up and fix the demand side of fluctuating supply, I'd bet on the latter, personally.
Especially since it's already happening (c.f. aluminum smelters time shifting electricity demand).
Between perpetually 10 years' away jesus-tech grid-scale batteries and letting the invisible hand catch up and fix the demand side of fluctuating supply, I'd bet on the latter, personally.
Especially since it's already happening (c.f. aluminum smelters time shifting electricity demand).