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frm88 10 hours ago  [ - ]

Storage in the required dimensions is an unsolved problem.

No, it's not. Decommissioned nuclear plant infrastructure used as massive battery storage.

https://gesi-deutschland.de/en/gesi-project-presented-in-gro...

deepsummer 10 hours ago  [ - ]

870 MWh? It would take about 500 of them to make it through a 1-2 week dunkelflaute.

ben_w 10 hours ago  [ - ]

Why do you think that's a criticism?

  The following table shows that in total 2264 installations have been identified in the EU ETS to be power plants, which have reported emissions in at least one year since 2005. The fuel of 1440 power plants have been identified. Of this there are 124 lignite power plants, 284 hard coal power plants and 2  power plants using blast furnace gas. There are 57 power plants using oil products. The majority of the plants uses natural gas (858 plants). About 824 plants have not been matched to a fuel yet.
- page 8, https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-cme/products/etc-cme-r...