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Sceptics, look away: a mostly renewable electricity grid is highly feasible (cosmosmagazine.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Sceptics, look away: a mostly renewable electricity grid is highly feasible::There's a firm belief among some that we must have 24x7 baseload energy generators in our grid - but do we? Simulations tell a new story.

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[โ€“] Womble 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

in Australia, a country known for it's sunshine that also has plenty of wind and capacity for hydro power, while still requiring gas/diesel backing of 1/3 of total generation capacity.

[โ€“] joelimgu 6 points 11 months ago

Sure, bc its the easiest path. But some gas for peak hours is totally fine. The problem is in countries like the US or Germany where over 50% of the electricity comes from fossil fuels. At least that should be the goal on the short term