alt Hacker NewsAnd this is an expected problem with renewables that can be engineered around. It's unlikely the whole world has a drought at once during a calm night, so developing ways to transmit power long distances will be important.
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pstuart • last Sunday at 3:54 PM
Which absolutely should be done, but having energy sovereignty is never a bad thing.
izacus • last Sunday at 4:02 PM
Having a continent-wide draught (or cold winter or other weather effect) is rather common though. Just a few years back Europe had a massive issue where draught caused both drop of hydro production and cooling for French nukes, causing energy prices to spike.
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Or just use nuclear as base load, and battery storage as much as you can.