Comments by "Andy Monaghan" (@229andymon) on "2024 Perovskite Breakthroughs are the Future of Solar" video.
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@madmax2069 It seems you didn’t read my comment. I said Scotland is producing “the equivalent of 100% of our electricity demand from renewables”. This can be backed up by any objective search. Similarly Scotland’s sole nuclear plant (Torness) will close in 4 years, not to be replaced with nuclear or any fossil fuel production - again search any objective source.
You have raised the different topic of base load, which is a far trickier subject. Given your devotion to research, you’ll know that Scotland’s power is generally fed into the UK national grid, meaning UK base load is dealt with at a UK level. But, yes, solar and wind without static battery storage leaves a base load problem. Which is why we need to marry renewable power with battery storage. Of course you’ll also have researched this doesn’t apply to hydro, which provides around 12% of Scottish electricity, with more planned.
As for your question about how much land would be required to replace nuclear with wind, do you know?
I’m sure you have researched the subject fully, so I can only refer you to the NREL in USA, that predicts very small percentages of land would be required to do this (around 1% in most states).
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