Comment by dalyons
9 hours ago
A kWh is a kWh. A kWh of either solar or nuke means a kWh of coal or gas was not burnt. Seems like apples to apples to me.
9 hours ago
A kWh is a kWh. A kWh of either solar or nuke means a kWh of coal or gas was not burnt. Seems like apples to apples to me.
A kWh isn’t a kWh if one is only available at certain times of day, under certain weather conditions.
A kWh isn’t a kWh if one contributes to grid stability and the other relies on it.
Storage makes the difference, in both cases. You can black start from GFM-BESS. And I believe theoretically if you've got a big solar farm strapped to that BESS you can even wait until daylight and straight up black start your entire system from empty, the BESS will cheerfully fill with solar power despite no grid, and then once you've got enough juice to press the button you can black start your entire network.
Correct, but then the credit for that capacity rightfully goes to the battery, not to solar panels for their ability to generate more than needed at other times.
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A kWh is a kWh is a kWh in terms of removing a kWh of fossil emissions off the annual totals. Which is the story here.
Solar is now displacing more kWh of fossil emissions per year than nukes, despite whatever complaints you may have.