Re:First new US nuclear reactor in decades enters commercial...
by bryanlarsen on Monday July 31, 2023 @06:41PM
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Your link 3 also contains this line: "The solar heavy network wouldn’t need energy storage with an HVDC network."
IOW, the US could build a 100% solar+wind+hydro grid WITHOUT ANY STORAGE. The wind is always blowing somewhere in the US.
Of course that much HVDC and overbuild would be ridiculously expensive, but some HVDC and some batteries are a lot cheaper than only HVDC or only batteries.
IOW, the US could build a 100% solar+wind+hydro grid WITHOUT ANY STORAGE. The wind is always blowing somewhere in the US.
Of course that much HVDC and overbuild would be ridiculously expensive, but some HVDC and some batteries are a lot cheaper than only HVDC or only batteries.