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DragoonXNucleon t1_iys0j5a wrote

There isn't a shortage for wind or hydro or nuclear. Its really just a solar and battery problem but industrial scale solar doesn't use a lot of batteries.

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[deleted] t1_iysf0t4 wrote

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r2k-in-the-vortex t1_iysttq7 wrote

Or you need industry that basically turns electricity to profit and can adjust it's peak to whenever cheap power is available. There are definitely industrial processes that can be adjusted to take advantage of unpredictable oversupply that renewables create.

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DragoonXNucleon t1_iyz3cuc wrote

Industrial solar doesn't use batteries. For storing the size of energy necessary at industrial scale, it's massively impractical and expensive. Industrial energy storage is done largely using pumps and water. Pump water up-hill with overflow energy, let it generate hydro downhill during energy demand.

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