News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by kuhewa on Friday November 17, 2023 @05:50PM (#38311706)
In terms of ease and industrial base required it seems to me much will come down to how much of the renewable generation is hydro (and how much is possible given an area's hydrology) since that is so much 'easier' than modern renewables. That's largely orthogonal to wealth/population/industrial capacity. Although I suppose greater industrialisation and wealth would increase energy demand per capita. In the US it is 6%. For Uruguay electricity is 37% hydro. It is still impressive though.

I reckon biomass is 'easy' as well but it is only so scalable.

Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by brucethemoose2 on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:13PM (#38311989)
Neither is very sexy because of hydro's environmental issues (and in some cases water supply inefficiency), and biomass burning being... biomass burning.

The US has a lot of nuclear which I would call "renewable enough," and that's not very sexy either.