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Re:Google R&D team's goal: Make renewables cheaper than coal... by Luyt on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @03:45PM (#2634702)
That works in Norway, but would it work all over the globe?
Re:Google R&D team's goal: Make renewables cheaper than coal... by jbm on Thursday June 09, 2011 @02:07AM (#2636205)
They do it in Japan, and I think they do it in Quebec. Don't quote me on the second one.

They had to have rotating power outages for a week or two in Japan after the earthquake because of the need to replenish those reserves.