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Re:In a First, Solar Was Europe's Biggest Source of Power La... by ben_w on Friday July 11, 2025 @06:01PM (#44537208)
If you have enough battery manufacturing capacity to make all your vehicles electric, you have enough battery manufacturing capacity to cover a week or two of not just dunkelflaute but even "why is the moon hovering directly between us and the sun, isn't it supposed to be moving?", which is darker than that.
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Re:In a First, Solar Was Europe's Biggest Source of Power La... by vimy on Friday July 11, 2025 @07:03PM (#44537679)
Well, we don't have that capacity.
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Re:In a First, Solar Was Europe's Biggest Source of Power La... by standardUser on Friday July 11, 2025 @08:07PM (#44538080)
Installed battery capacity has been skyrocketing in just the last few years. It's almost as if time is linear.
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Re:In a First, Solar Was Europe's Biggest Source of Power La... by ben_w on Friday July 11, 2025 @07:09PM (#44537722)
Yet.

But people are working on it.

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