Hey, I got a random serious comment about nuclear power :-)))
To your point:
> No amount of batteries can protect a solar/wind grid from an arbitrarily extended period of "bad" weather.
Like nuclear winter caused by a nuclear power plant blowing up and everyone confusing the explosion with the start of a nuclear war? :-p
On a more serious note:
> No amount of batteries can protect a solar/wind grid from an arbitrarily extended period of "bad" weather. It's like range anxiety in an electric car. If you have N days of battery storage and the sun doesn't shine for N+1 days, you're in trouble.
We still have hydro plants, wind power, geothermal, long distance electrical transmission, etc. Also, what's "doesn't shine"? Solar panels generate power as long as it's not night and it's never night all the time around the world.
Plus they're developing sodium batteries, if you want to put your money somewhere, put it there. Those will be super cheap and they're the perfect grid-level battery.
To your point:
> No amount of batteries can protect a solar/wind grid from an arbitrarily extended period of "bad" weather.
Like nuclear winter caused by a nuclear power plant blowing up and everyone confusing the explosion with the start of a nuclear war? :-p
On a more serious note:
> No amount of batteries can protect a solar/wind grid from an arbitrarily extended period of "bad" weather. It's like range anxiety in an electric car. If you have N days of battery storage and the sun doesn't shine for N+1 days, you're in trouble.
We still have hydro plants, wind power, geothermal, long distance electrical transmission, etc. Also, what's "doesn't shine"? Solar panels generate power as long as it's not night and it's never night all the time around the world.
Plus they're developing sodium batteries, if you want to put your money somewhere, put it there. Those will be super cheap and they're the perfect grid-level battery.