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Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by EmmaEngineer on Saturday November 18, 2023 @12:24PM (#38321918)
Your link shows that AU-SA only used 12% gas in october, and no coal at all.
Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by flavius29663 on Saturday November 18, 2023 @06:44PM (#38326220)
I am talking for hours when there isn't much renewables. If you set the timeline to 24 hours and look at the hours, you have periods with 55% gas and also 20% imports. You can assume imports are dirty coal, because that is most of Australia.
Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by EmmaEngineer on Sunday November 19, 2023 @02:01PM (#38336428)
I've seen others point out that it's the average that matters for emissions and that was what the other commenter was posting. That makes sense to me, the peak usage only matters for cost reasons, and apparently gas turbines are really cheap.