thom w wrote:
I believe you ment energy storage. There are many ways of storing energy, including combining it with hydro electric, Pumping water back into the reservoir during times of excess solar, or wind power. Power is what is available now, or at any given time. Energy is power X time. With the correct grid it seems unlikely that we would ever have more wind or solar power than we could. Dirty sources should be throttled back during times when max green power is available. Don't know the specifics on any of this so can only speak in general terms. Changing coal plants to use cleaner fuels can also be done. Having run boilers on natural gas, and on oil, I can't imagine that switching to gas would have immense savings in maintenance costs as well. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
I believe you ment energy storage. There are many ... (
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Reservoirs only store water they do not produce energy.