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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by jhgb on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:12PM (#29655277)
There is no battery capacity required for the simple effect of substituting gas power plant operation. Any MWh generated by another source will simply remove the need to generate that MWh from gas, where the price of gas is the dominating component.
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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by kspacewalk2 on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @07:49PM (#29657441)
Not really. This is overly simplistic since it's not accounting for reliability/predictability of supply. Natural gas can be turned into MWh on demand, at night, when there's no wind, during consumption anomalies, etc. It's clearly not interchangeable with renewables MWh for MWh like you're suggesting.
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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by dispat0r on Thursday December 23, 2021 @04:02AM (#29660029)
You also have to pay the gas. Gas backups for power are just stupid without any own supply. In winter, we also need the gas for heating, that will not change in the next 30-40 years.
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