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Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future by Ajedi32 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @11:54AM (#31754901)
Not just hundreds of Gigawatts, but also tens of thousands of Gigawatt-hours. Unless you're willing to accept regular black-outs, you need to build enough capacity to account for the occasional long, sustained period of cloudy days with low wind. The cost of that extra necessary-but-rarely-used capacity needs to be factored in to any comparison of wind/solar vs other energy sources.
Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future by aidenn0 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @12:39PM (#31755576)
It might make more sense to have either fossil-fuels as backups for such times, or for HVDC lines to connect geographically disparate regions (it's always sunny or windy somewhere).
Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future by carry_bit on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @01:24PM (#31756237)
As we're seeing from Russia and Europe, depending on someone else means you can find yourself being threatened or actually being cut off.
Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future by ncmncm on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @03:39PM (#31758291)
There will be plenty of tropical suppliers of synthetic anhydrous ammonia competing, if transmission capacity or availability falls short.

People might even keep a stock on hand.