Michael McLean on Nostr: There has been basically no wind in Europe for a week now. Power prices have soared, ...

There has been basically no wind in Europe for a week now. Power prices have soared, and fossil fuel + nuclear plants are keeping the lights on.

This is a “design case” for the grid. It would take trillions of euros to build enough overcapacity of renewables & battery storage to ride this out.
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