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▲ martinald a day ago

Yes, I have no doubt we can hit even a 90-95% renewable grid. It's the last 5% that is impossible to do without gas.

The cost of those last few percent is absolutely eye watering. The current plan to get it to 100% net zero is by having gas for the final 5% then using carbon capture and storage to offset the emissions.

▲tcfhgj a day ago | parent | next [-]

you don't even need to use carbon capture and storage if you use green gas instead of fossil gas.

▲oezi a day ago | parent | prev [-]

It is not even the final 5%, it is the final 1-2%, because you need a multi-week dunkelflaute across Europe for the gas turbines to be needed in the future. A lot will also just be curtailing. For instance EV charging might be restricted in the future in such a winter black out scenario.

▲iso1631 a day ago | parent [-]

> For instance EV charging might be restricted in the future in such a winter black out scenario.

Or indeed when petrol runs out as happens occasionally (in 2022 most recently). Of course there's also the problem of gas supplies stopping