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Nuclear isn't perfect, but it is the best we have right now. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by spicytuna62 to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You can't overproduce electricity. You have to match the load.

[–] kaffiene 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know. There are many solutions to this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No, there is pumped storage. Honestly, despite the plethora of start-ups claiming to have a solution (sodium batteries, molten-salt, etc) The only really proven way to store electricity for later is pumped storage, but that relies on geography (hills) which not everyone has. Batteries are great for phones, and cars but they simply don't scale to countries.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

California is doing pretty good with their battery storage. And if all the electric car batteries get old we can use them as stationary grid storage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That is actually very impressive. Thanks! I remain a bit skeptical as its only 1/5th of what they need and it's only one region of one (rich) country. Still, 10GW of lithium battery would be one hell of a fire ;-)

[–] kaffiene 1 points 4 months ago

South Australia implemented a 100mw battery for their power system in 2016