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Re:California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables ... by binary132 on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @07:46AM (#40050829)
Maybe I don’t understand the requirement, but can’t a constant-rate supply provide stored power for peak demand and support baseline consumption off-peak?
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Re:California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables ... by adrianN on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @02:18PM (#40055386)
If you build all the storage and peak capacity anyway you might as well use renewable power to fill the storage, it’s cheaper than nuclear.
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