Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Why Germany Hates Nuclear Power" video.

  1. The concept of a base load in itself is kind of harmful to renewable energy. Storage, be it hydrogen or potential energy in water being stored higher or in sand being heated or whatever can buy up renewable energy when there's a overproduction if, and only if these storage methods have a market with shortage and high prices to sell into. These shortage actually helps fund building renewable energy even when there's too much energy in periods of wind etc. Base loads also tends to make grids relying on fixed energy sources, so they're less flexible towards changing sources with different conditions.
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  2. @hewdelfewijfe Actually, they're already in the process of being built. We have some companies building building hydrogen production here in Norway. Some are working on battery storage. But the majority right now work on pumping water from lower reservoirs to higher ones to store the energy. There's also some energy storage startups in other countries.
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