
#361 | Emmet Penney: Roadblocks to a Nuclear Renaissance, the Broken Energy Grid, and the Decarbonization Challenge
The Realignment
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The Importance of Batteries in the Grid
Batteries are in the wind, solar and battery strategy. Supposed to be where we store some of the excess power for wind and solar to then be discharged when we need it most. But that's not necessarily a super realistic idea because some places will need like seasonal storage. And how are we going to make sure that that happens if we're already making more of our electricity plot more intermittent and non-dispaturable?
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