Post #2403435
2026-04-14 09:57 UTC
@notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com I'm not an electrical engineer, but it seems to me that the concept of base load is useful because, at least for now, we don't have enough yearly renewal production to cover the consumption needs. But we also need better ways of using excess production. Two of them are storage and hydrogen production. It would probably make businesses sense for renewable power plants to invest in plugging storage or hydrogen production solutions to their operations.
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@Disputatore@masto.pt 2026-04-14 10:02
@notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com Nuclear would be great if there weren't those small issues you mentioned. That is valid for new nuclear power plants. What I don't think makes sense are decisions like Germany's of unplugging the nuclear power plants they already had working. If there was a commercially viable solution for the small modular power reactors, that would be a good solution.
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@Disputatore@masto.pt 2026-04-14 10:04
@notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com in terms of storage, though, the current battery solutions don't look like a viable solution as they are expensive and their production and recycling environmental track records aren't great.