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Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by mschuster91 on Friday November 17, 2023 @09:06AM (#38303713)
> There are plenty of times in e.g. November when neither wind nor solar are good for much (production drops to like 1-2% of the average). That goes on for weeks.

So what. Either overbuild solar and wind to a degree that even with reduced generation capacity needs can still be met and use the over-generation in summer to produce hydrogen, e-fuels for air and maritime or whatever, or run the capacity of the storage until it's depleted and use gas peakers for the 2-4 weeks in the year where nothing else can fill the demand.

Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by cbmuser on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:35AM (#38304975)
Overbuilding doesn’t help when there is zero wind or solar generation.

Wind is usually tied across the continent and low wind in Germany usually conincides with low wind in the rest of Europe.

Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by AnonymousPlanet on Friday November 17, 2023 @02:03PM (#38308340)
Please have a thorough look at https://www.smard.de and download their data to do some statistics on it. This should give you an impression of what, when and how long is missing. Hint: It's not just two to three weeks per year. There are many such gaps. And they're not just a couple of days long.

All your ideas hinge on storage that somehow magically comes to existence. I told you the numbers and you then argue with science fiction. No one knows how to build a reliable hydrogen network of the size that would be necessary. The efficiencies for generation are abysmal, especially if you try to generate just from water and electricity and not from natural gas. I don't believe you even remotely grasp the magnitude of the challenges ahead.

Again, I would like to encourage the use of real data and math. Less science fiction and wishful thinking.

Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by adrianN on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:46PM (#38314843)
Try playing around with this: https://model.energy/