World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper Than Wind

Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by patall on Friday December 16, 2016 @03:15AM (#13191836)

IF solar falls another order of magnitude, it will be far cheaper (which only has the conversion efficiency problem) to go for power-to-gas technology that has the additional advantage of being able to use gas (not gasoline) powered cars with normal range.

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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by reitanqild on Friday December 16, 2016 @06:04AM (#13192418)

IIRC one of the big ideas behind ARES is to make money by supplying peak power for consumption and possibly even by taking peak power production off the grid.

Basically a grid scale AC capacitor equivalent.

I only have education in electronics and no other experience with High Voltage or big grids so I might be very wrong.

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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by 08-15 on Saturday December 17, 2016 @06:02AM (#13200180)

If power-to-gas means methane, it's bullshit. You'd need a source of carbon dioxide, and despite all the hype, it's only a trace gas in the atmosphere. (Personally, I think power-to-gas is a propaganda piece invented to link renewables and natural gas in the minds of gullible people.)

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