That’ll teach them to plan ahead!
Comment on Renewables blow past nuclear when it comes to cheap datacenter juice
eleitl@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoYou need a buffer with at least 60 TWh in case of Germany. There is no economic electrochemical energy storage system for that capacity.
kalkulat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
eleitl@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Well, yeah, the hydrogen solution to build out renewable overcapacity and storing production surplus as green hydrogen in natural gas caverns is dead in the water. So private households better start budgeting for sodium-ion backup for hybrid solar inverters which are island and black start capable, for when planned load shedding events start.
Hypx@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
The easy solution is to just make green hydrogen. It’s an already solved problem, lacking only political will.
eleitl@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It is expensive though, so not a self runner in a free msrket economy.
Hypx@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
It will be cheaper than fossil fuels at some point in the future. The benefit or not being a finite resource. We can speed this process up if we scale up sooner rather than later.
eleitl@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
We are already running out of fossil fuels (particularly diesel) so that’s a given. If we are going to see significant green hydrogen generation, it will likely be in advanced dirigistic economies like China.