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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 1073268" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>Some great discussion here on energy production.</p><p></p><p>The reality is that until there's a way to store excess energy in the grid, we can't rely solely on renewable energy production (minus nuclear), as there's too much fluctuation in energy production when it comes to wind and solar. Nuclear is the 'easy' solution to fill that void but brings its own long term issues and stigmas.</p><p></p><p>The national grid has made huge strides in a short space of time though, so the future looks bright.</p><p></p><p>With regards to storage, I think electric cars and domestic battery tech will help massively as you say Bruce. Using excess energy overnight is key and this ties in perfectly with how the car is used anyway, so there's no impact on the end user. Will people be prepared to invest in domestic batteries though? Cars have become a status symbol, with most prepared to spend £30k+ on a car, meaning expensive battery tech fits in their price range already, but most are reluctant to spend a couple of grand on a new boiler for their house, so we may struggle to get them spending £10k on a bank of batteries. </p><p></p><p>As I linked previously, I think Hydrogen production will also be the other key part of this - at least for the short/medium term. The gas boilers in our homes will soon switch to Hydrogen, and hydrogen makes more sense for commercial machinery than electric at the moment. It takes lots of electric to produce, so would make sense to utilise any excess in the grid to produce Hydrogen for later use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 1073268, member: 13739"] Some great discussion here on energy production. The reality is that until there's a way to store excess energy in the grid, we can't rely solely on renewable energy production (minus nuclear), as there's too much fluctuation in energy production when it comes to wind and solar. Nuclear is the 'easy' solution to fill that void but brings its own long term issues and stigmas. The national grid has made huge strides in a short space of time though, so the future looks bright. With regards to storage, I think electric cars and domestic battery tech will help massively as you say Bruce. Using excess energy overnight is key and this ties in perfectly with how the car is used anyway, so there's no impact on the end user. Will people be prepared to invest in domestic batteries though? Cars have become a status symbol, with most prepared to spend £30k+ on a car, meaning expensive battery tech fits in their price range already, but most are reluctant to spend a couple of grand on a new boiler for their house, so we may struggle to get them spending £10k on a bank of batteries. As I linked previously, I think Hydrogen production will also be the other key part of this - at least for the short/medium term. The gas boilers in our homes will soon switch to Hydrogen, and hydrogen makes more sense for commercial machinery than electric at the moment. It takes lots of electric to produce, so would make sense to utilise any excess in the grid to produce Hydrogen for later use. [/QUOTE]
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