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At least in Germany this was the proposition all along. The idea of „Energiewende“ can be roughly translated to „energy transition“ and it implies that you need to change more than just the form of resource that is powering your energy system. Let’s be real: any other approach has to be labelled „naive“. „The sun doesn’t shine in the night and the wind doesn’t blow every day.“ is not an invention of green energy critics, but was always part of the problem science is trying to solve.

It is a made up problem. It looks at a very different system with the tools of a mostly centralised fossil fueled energy grid.

Pumped hydro, biomass, tidal power, battery storage, high-voltage direct current, smart grids, vehicle2grid, heat pumps: the list of solutions is long. Most of them have been well researched, they just need to be implemented.

You don’t need base load in a more flexible system.