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:OK ~10% wind and ~6% PV.
The off shore wind is expensive. and we'll just have to wait and see how much more PV they install. At the moment they are turning off nuclear and burning more coal.
George H.
l-insulated tanks of molten salt, before you convert it to electricity, is remarkably cheap.
so adds expense. Paying for the predictable extra expense now to avoid the unpredictable extra expense later is called insurance, and prudent people d o it.
schemes than we have now, but people are working on that. It looks as therm al solar, with nice big well-insulated tanks of molten salt, can store enou gh energy to keep the world running overnight, but so far there are only a few prototype systems running - they do have to be big to demonstrate the p rinciple convincingly.
to build solar farms in the Sahara and a high-voltage transmission line to ship the power up to Germany. Californians might find it easier to build th eir solar farms in Nevada and Arizona. Of course this depends on there bein g intelligent life in California, and there's not much evidence for that on this usegroup.