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"with wind the single-biggest contributor.... Power production costs have declined “by almost half” .... And the clean energy sector has created 50,000 new jobs.... Ask me what was the impact on the electricity sector in Uruguay after this tragic war in Europe — zero."

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (34 children)

I wonder how much of that is biomass, and how they're planning to grow enough vegetation to renew iy

[–] AA5B 4 points 1 year ago (14 children)

We really need to think of biomass as batteries. In both cases, it’s tough to scale up enough for full coverage but we know how to store biodiesel or ethanol, it’s very energy dense. Scattering a bunch of diesel generators with big biodiesel tanks might be a better answer than batteries for when the wind doesn’t blow

It also ensures a market and distribution industry for farming and construction vehicles where batteries may not work

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Also how is biomass a battery? You can't put energy back into a forest

[–] CleanDefinition 1 points 1 year ago

Ever heard of AA batteries?

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