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Re:Singapore OKs 4,300km subsea cable for importing electric... by Dalewyn on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @05:59AM (#41912779)
I'm going to point out to you that insufficient power generation capacity and/or transmission infrastructure, the reasons behind brownouts and blackouts, has nothing to do with "unclean" energy sources.

In fact, if the cause is insufficient generation capacity then renewables will exacerbate it because fossil fuels are much more energy dense and consistent.

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Re:Singapore OKs 4,300km subsea cable for importing electric... by bryanlarsen on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @06:54AM (#41913051)
A grid set up to handle unreliable sources can deal with unreliable sources. A grid that depends on reliable sources is in trouble when reliable sources go off line.
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Re:Singapore OKs 4,300km subsea cable for importing electric... by smcleod on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @07:53AM (#41913366)
It may not, but it also disgusts me how much sun we have and how willing we are to see our power off when so much of the country is powered by coal, oil and gas.
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