Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant
by Retric on Thursday January 11, 2024 @11:20AM
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“The beautifully bright and still weather may have been a welcome reason to hold off reaching for our winter coats, but the lack of wind can be a serious issue when we consider where our electricity might be coming from.”
Ie: Lots of solar when the wind isn’t blowing
Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant
by sofixa on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:22PM
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> Ie: Lots of solar when the wind isn’t blowing
Not always. Over months of low wind, there will still be overcast days, and of course, there's that pesky little issue of the night.
Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant
by Retric on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:17PM
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Try and find some days where all of Europe is covered in clouds and there wasn’t wind.
Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant
by sofixa on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:50PM
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Every night?
Re:A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant
by Retric on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:54PM
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That’s not clouds.
You can have prolonged periods of abnormal weather. As an example, across Europe we had months of extremely low wind in 2020:
https://theconversation.com/what-europes-exceptionally-low-w...