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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by adgjlsfhk1 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @11:42AM (#32153196)
Pumped hydro and batteries solve this variability very well.
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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by nathanaldensr on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:44PM (#32157704)
At grid scale?
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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by adgjlsfhk1 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @09:02PM (#32160002)
yes. they don't do a good job of dealing with seasonal variability, but batteries are great at dealing with milliseconds to hours, and pumped hydro is great on scales from minutes to weeks
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