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[-] uint8_t@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

the installed capacity is a nice number but unless you also install batteries AND take capacity factor into account, you're replacing load following dispatchable generation with intermittent ones that is backed by literal fossil fuels

I mean just look at the carbon intensity of a German kWh

[-] Kempeth@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Switzerland imports so much of it's energy I don't think it matters much yet. When it starts to matter we have huge hydro dams we can use for that.

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