Kruxx85

Kruxx85 t1_itksx0z wrote

Reply to comment by rabbitaim in China is building a 40 gigawatt offshore wind farm, the biggest power plant in existence by mutherhrg

So which source were you asking for?

The claim that excess renewables + storage is the future?

If you have any amount of understanding in the energy sector, it's fairly obvious that's the future.

The biggest difficulty is being able to predict the weather in terms of providing the storage generation to overcome the intermittent nature of renewables - but there are already projects around the world working on that technology that are being completed and tested every day.

example: https://www.google.com/amp/s/reneweconomy.com.au/whole-towns-to-be-taken-off-the-grid-and-powered-by-stand-alone-renewables/amp/

That's a very very quick Google, there's a lot more information on the WA governments Western Power distributor working in the renewable electrical grid space

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Kruxx85 t1_itgtvi0 wrote

Reply to comment by Regi0 in China is building a 40 gigawatt offshore wind farm, the biggest power plant in existence by mutherhrg

Then blame our consumerist society for that.

China's economy is built on the back of our consumerist selves. They are just better at manufacturing what we want, better than we are at it.

They seem to be changing direction. Hopefully that's a global change.

As I said, you can't change the past but you can shape the future.

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Kruxx85 t1_itgs3j2 wrote

Reply to comment by Regi0 in China is building a 40 gigawatt offshore wind farm, the biggest power plant in existence by mutherhrg

Yes, and?

They have had the fastest growing economy over the last 20,30,50 years. That economy has been fuelled by fossil fuels.

They are now the largest producers of renewable energy with a current figure triple that of the US, while their total electrical energy generation is less than double that of the US.

If they were as slow as the US (and other countries) at transitioning to renewables, they would be incredibly further behind where they are now.

Nobody expects things to turn around instantly, it's trends that you look at.

The trending of renewable generation, and the trending of the reduction of fossil fuel generation.

Note, your trend can be downwards even though your absolute figures are still increasing. That was my point with the parabola.

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Kruxx85 t1_itgnlss wrote

Reply to comment by owaalkes in China is building a 40 gigawatt offshore wind farm, the biggest power plant in existence by mutherhrg

The article states the area chosen should give them around 45% utilisation on that 40GW.

This isn't their only renewable source that they are investing heavily in though.

Something that isn't reported on (that I've seen, anyway) is what China are investing in, in terms of grid scale storage.

It's pretty straight forward that the future is oversized renewable energy, along with massive amounts of storage.

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Kruxx85 t1_itgmrti wrote

Reply to comment by Regi0 in China is building a 40 gigawatt offshore wind farm, the biggest power plant in existence by mutherhrg

You just proved the man's point - while right now they are the biggest polluters, they are also, right now, the biggest renewable energy generators and the fastest moving to a zero carbon emission grid. (they currently have triple the renewable energy generation to that of the US)

You can't control the past, but you can shape the future.

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