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| ▲ | ifwinterco an hour ago | parent [-] | | Batteries don't solve the storage problem, but surely you know this. China is pursuing the strategy you're describing, but there's a reason they're also building nuclear, they're increasing LNG infrastructure, they haven't phased out coal, and they've built a huge amount of oil storage. Solar and wind can be part of that strategy but it's not so simple, otherwise people would do it | | |
| ▲ | watwut 44 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Bateries do solve storage problems. And yes, china energy strategy is based on wind and solar - their portion of China energy production is massively growing. | |
| ▲ | locknitpicker 28 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | > China is pursuing the strategy you're describing, but there's a reason they're also building nuclear, they're increasing LNG infrastructure, they haven't phased out coal, and they've built a huge amount of oil storage. This opinion is rather simplistic. China is reported to have 60% of it's energy needs already supplied by renewable sources, but this transition creates different types of challenges such as preserving the power grid's inertia. Otherwise you might see yourself in a scenario such as the Spanish blackout. This means having in place strategies for fast response (gas) and baseline (hydro storage, nuclear) to prevent the scenario. | | |
| ▲ | dv_dt 13 minutes ago | parent [-] | | batteries are the fastest response power. gas is high maintenance, & bad capex as an intermittent source. |
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