It is though, unless we had a major breakthrough in the last decade i'm not aware of, you can't just "plug in" 1 TW/h of solar pannels on a power grid when you need to. You can however start a generator, an eoliene, a turbine. PV don't offer that, although other kind of solar can.
Could you explain what units you were trying to use there? TW/h makes no sense.
Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power
by vlovich123 on Sunday February 21, 2021 @11:32AM
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My (perhaps erroneous) understanding nuclear is the only power source that can generate the power/heat that many very heavy industrial use cases need can’t be supplanted with renewables, no matter how inexpensive/efficient they are.
That’s why countries like France have significantly lower coal usage whereas Germany has higher, even though both have similar levels of renewables.
That's obviously not true, since electricity can always be converted to heat.
Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power
by toomuchtodo on Sunday February 21, 2021 @01:38PM
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In many ways. Resistive, heat pumps, and electrolysis of hydrogen or production of ammonia to be burned.
The only type of power that's required is dispatchable power. If you have enough dispatchable power to meet peak demands you don't need anything else. For example, the northern towns served by a diesel generator. Other types of power are optional, but should be thrown into the mix for cost, reliability or environmental reasons.