Re:Nuclear turn green as EU parliament approves new taxonomy
by ZeroGravitas on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:04PM
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The section on storage that literally starts by pointing out that a renewable only or nuclear only plan would both require storage?
And then lays out multiple solutions, including 20Kwh of EV battery storage for every person which must have been basically science fiction at the time of writing but now sounds entirely boring and inevitable for reasons entirely separate from power storage.
Yeah I'd say that holds up pretty well, but I'm still not seeing the problem it apparently poses for today's world of cheap renewables?
We need and want to produce lots of green hydrogen for non-burning purposes. That fits perfectly into the demand response idea he lays out in reasonable detail. So why do you seem to think pumped hydro storage was the only solution he mentioned?
Even with his dated view on PV prices, he raises the possibility of importing hydrogen:
> "Solar photovoltaics were technically feasible for Europe, but I judged
them too expensive. I hope I’m wrong, obviously. It will be wonderful
if the cost of photovoltaic power drops in the same way that the cost of
computer power has dropped over the last forty years."
What a great quote to look back on from a future where his hopes came true.
And then lays out multiple solutions, including 20Kwh of EV battery storage for every person which must have been basically science fiction at the time of writing but now sounds entirely boring and inevitable for reasons entirely separate from power storage.
Yeah I'd say that holds up pretty well, but I'm still not seeing the problem it apparently poses for today's world of cheap renewables?
We need and want to produce lots of green hydrogen for non-burning purposes. That fits perfectly into the demand response idea he lays out in reasonable detail. So why do you seem to think pumped hydro storage was the only solution he mentioned?
Even with his dated view on PV prices, he raises the possibility of importing hydrogen:
> "Solar photovoltaics were technically feasible for Europe, but I judged them too expensive. I hope I’m wrong, obviously. It will be wonderful if the cost of photovoltaic power drops in the same way that the cost of computer power has dropped over the last forty years."
What a great quote to look back on from a future where his hopes came true.