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Re:Nuclear Power Is the Answer to Global and Environmental E... by illiarian on Friday April 21, 2023 @04:48PM (#35659866)
To cover the drop in generation for the night of April 15, even 400% wind capacity would not be enough.

It was a rather regular, quiet, night in a nation of 80 million people in the middle of Europe. Which means that it was a quiet night across much of Europe.

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Re:Nuclear Power Is the Answer to Global and Environmental E... by quonn on Saturday April 22, 2023 @05:04AM (#35664629)
As if there would be just one way to compensate this.

- More renewables can be added

- Storage can compensate for this

- Power can be distributed across large areas

- The amount needed at night is not fixed. It only appears fixed because we don‘t care so much. It can be reduced significantly by using devices and processes in a smarter way depending on the availability of power.

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