Re:Fusion Foolery
by pfdietz on Thursday August 17, 2023 @04:09PM
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You combine it with wind, batteries, and storage via an e-fuel like hydrogen.
The latter is crucial. The cost of providing "synthetic baseload" in Germany doubles if you don't include it.
See https://model.energy/ for optimization of an energy system using these to provide synthetic baseload, using various tweakable cost assumptions and historical weather data. The cost is not outrageous, likely well below new construction nuclear.
In a place like India, you don't even need wind and hydrogen. PV and batteries will do just fine.
The latter is crucial. The cost of providing "synthetic baseload" in Germany doubles if you don't include it.
See https://model.energy/ for optimization of an energy system using these to provide synthetic baseload, using various tweakable cost assumptions and historical weather data. The cost is not outrageous, likely well below new construction nuclear.
In a place like India, you don't even need wind and hydrogen. PV and batteries will do just fine.