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Environment & Energy

hunter

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11. Off-peak power would likely move fresh water about.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #10)

Fri Sep 11, 2020, 04:28 PM

Sep 2020

California is already fairly flexible in this way.

Fresh water gets pumped uphill when electricity is cheap, it generates electricity going downhill when electricity is dear.

That's an efficient match for nuclear power, not so much for wind and solar where shortfalls can last many days or weeks.

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Another Great Day For Renewable Energy in California. [View all] NNadir Sep 2020 OP

Fire causing the largest disaster in the history of my county. onecaliberal Sep 2020 #1

I'm very sorry. Really. I am. It didn't have to happen. n/t,. NNadir Sep 2020 #2

It's so sad. Places so many grew up visiting. Camping and trips to lakes. onecaliberal Sep 2020 #3

I lived in California for a long time. NNadir Sep 2020 #4

Is so tragic... onecaliberal Sep 2020 #5

Again. I'm very sorry. I wish I could tell you it will get better... NNadir Sep 2020 #6

We're in the middle of this... orwell Sep 2020 #7

The entire world, well beyond California, is involved in climate change. NNadir Sep 2020 #8

Natural gas keeps the solar and wind power fantasy alive. hunter Sep 2020 #9

The California CAISO data makes this pretty clear in a dark sky day. NNadir Sep 2020 #10

Off-peak power would likely move fresh water about. hunter Sep 2020 #11

The realization I had relatively recently - I don't know why it never occurred to me - is... NNadir Sep 2020 #12