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Re:In few years renewable power may become a better economic... by ghouse on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @09:43PM (#18181358)
You're conflating energy concepts "capacity" with "energy"

The grid can have wind/solar and fossil. Generation is dispatched in "merit order" -- when wind/solar is has a lower marginal cost, it will serve load. During other periods (like those windless nights), the fossil will still generate.

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Re:In few years renewable power may become a better economic... by DennisP on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @07:53AM (#18183951)
By 2050 or so, the grid can only have both if we accept disastrous levels of climate change. See the latest U.N. report that's been all over the news, e.g. here: https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/07/world/climate-change-new-ipcc...
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