Activists who embrace nuclear power

Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power by macspoofing on Monday February 22, 2021 @05:44AM (#26222979)

Thanks for clarification. But don't you find it misleading to amortize panel power generation across day and night? It makes it seem like you just need more panels to cover power demand in the evening and night .. when in reality, no amount of panels will ever work.

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Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power by jlevers on Monday February 22, 2021 @12:21PM (#26227170)

I think that if you consider storage, then you can in fact amortize panel power generation across day and night, because you need more panels during the day to create the extra power that will be used at night (when none of the panels are actively generating power).

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Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power by macspoofing on Monday February 22, 2021 @01:38PM (#26228445)

Then you have to over-build your infrastructure, not just for daily intermittency but also seasonal intermittency. So you have to add that to your calculation. But this point is moot anyway, because there is no battery technology that is capable of that much storage.

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