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Re:Greenland tensions harden Europe's push for energy indepe... by Moldoteck on Monday February 02, 2026 @11:37AM (#46857999)
You can't install them at once, as result at any point in time you'll still need to buy to cover increased demand or replace old units
Re:Greenland tensions harden Europe's push for energy indepe... by cirrusfan on Monday February 02, 2026 @12:43PM (#46858808)
Huh? What prevents you from installing them "all at once"? The downside is obviously a long stretch of no sun, and for Europe winter being both low solar production and high energy demand due to heating which the soon-to-be-cheap grid scale batteries don’t really fix. The logistics of PV don’t seem difficult though - it seems by far the easiest of the power generation methods, even if the synchronization can get a bit tricky in a large grid.
Re:Greenland tensions harden Europe's push for energy indepe... by Moldoteck on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @02:17AM (#46867634)
Because manufacturing isn't there to do everything at once. You install say 50gw per year, each year. In 30y you need to replace first 50gw batch and so on
Re:Greenland tensions harden Europe's push for energy indepe... by ViewTrick1002 on Monday February 02, 2026 @06:15PM (#46863617)
Any real system will also have backups and emergency reserves.

Lean more on them as you solve the supply chain issue.

No need to make a mountain out of a molehill.