Re:New nuclear plant at Sizewell set for green light
by pfdietz on Saturday October 31, 2020 @05:33PM
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> Do we have, now, renewable energy plants that are capable of delivering a constant amount of energy by storing the excess production?
As long as we are burning fossil fuels (and in particular natural gas) it doesn't make much sense to build such things, even if we could. The natural gas provides pre-stored energy.
Re:New nuclear plant at Sizewell set for green light
by lostlogin on Saturday October 31, 2020 @02:05PM
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> Do we have, now, renewable energy plants that are capable of delivering a constant amount of energy by storing the excess production?
They have plenty of drawbacks, but hydro meets this. The storage occurs pre production though.
I gave it a quick look, but frankly it would take me a lot of time to check if the model and assumptions make sense (it also seems to reply "job failed" whenever it doesn't have a cached answer). But I think real costs can be estimated only from working plants. Do we have, now, renewable energy plants that are capable of delivering a constant amount of energy by storing the excess production? How many have been built around the world? Why aren't we building more if they're so cheap?