From YaleE360: No, renewable energy doesn’t lead to blackouts—and it doesn’t need fossil fuel “backup” to operate a grid 24/7 year-round.
policies for shifting from fossil fuels and nuclear energy to efficient use and renewables. The newly elected German government plans to accelerate the former and complete the latter, but some critics have warned that Germany is running “In reality, it is entirely possible to sustain a reliable electricity system based on renewable energy sources plus a combination of other means, including improved methods of energy management and storage.
that solar and wind are the cheapest source for 91 percent of the world’s electricity—but is being held back by misinformation and myths.Myth No. 1: A grid that increasingly relies on renewable energy is an unreliable grid. Going by the cliché “In God we trust; all others bring data,” it’s worth looking at the statistics on grid reliability in countries with high levels of renewables. The indicator most often used to describe grid reliability is the average power outage duration experienced by each customer in a year, a metric known by the tongue-tying name of “System Average Interruption Duration Index,” or SAIDI.
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