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Re:Three Mile Island nuclear plant restart in Microsoft AI p... by himinlomax on Friday September 20, 2024 @09:58AM (#41602087)
> I don’t understand why wind solar is subject to absolutes devoid of probability - “what if the sun and wind stop simultaneously for 2 months?”

Something close to that happens almost every year in Europe. Last year there was nearly 3 weeks in winter where there was very little wind across the continent (<20% capacity production on all wind farms), and obviously little to no solar (high latitudes).

Re:Three Mile Island nuclear plant restart in Microsoft AI p... by bryanlarsen on Friday September 20, 2024 @10:10AM (#41602186)
Spain isn't part of Europe? It's sunny in the winter.
Re:Three Mile Island nuclear plant restart in Microsoft AI p... by qwytw on Friday September 20, 2024 @10:17AM (#41602233)
You "just" need to get all of that energy north somehow...
Re:Three Mile Island nuclear plant restart in Microsoft AI p... by mpweiher on Friday September 20, 2024 @10:35AM (#41602420)
Was Spain immune?
Re:Three Mile Island nuclear plant restart in Microsoft AI p... by himinlomax on Friday September 20, 2024 @06:48PM (#41606171)
90% of European solar farms are not in Spain.

Also, Spain only has a ~2 GW connection to France to sell their solar power to the rest of Europe.

Re:Three Mile Island nuclear plant restart in Microsoft AI p... by Teever on Saturday September 21, 2024 @02:43AM (#41607986)
Another way to look at that is we only need to increase wind capacity by 5x to cover that event.