Bloomberg (August 23)
2022/ 08/ 25 by jd in Global News
Dams are typically viewed as a stable form of renewable energy. “The drought on the Yangtze is showing how the climate can scramble that logic. Solar’s major variability can be measured in hours, governed by the rise and fall of the sun, and relatively easily fixed by using batteries to shift the midday peak in output to the early evening peak in grid demand…. Hydro power, however, has a unique ability to underperform for a whole season.”
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