Re:Germany Is Burning Too Much Coal
by AdamJacobMuller on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @03:33PM
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Energy storage is not a solved problem at scale yet. Are we making useful progress? Sure. But, not solved yet.
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Overbuild production capacity sufficiently and the need for storage size goes down fast.
(If your grid can supply twice your need at full power it will still be enough with half the sun and wind, and the storage will be filled faster and used less. We actually ran the numbers.)