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Arguments that renewable energy isn’t up to the task because “the Sun doesn’t shine at night and the wind doesn’t blow all the time” are overly simplistic.

There are a number of renewable energy technologies which can supply baseload power.   The intermittency of other sources such as wind and solar photovoltaic can be addressed by interconnecting power plants which are widely geographically distributed, and by coupling them with peak-load plants such as gas turbines fueled by biofuels or natural gas which can quickly be switched on to fill in gaps of low wind or solar production.  Use of batteries and other storage techniques are often the preferred low carbon way of filling in intermittency.   Numerous regional and global case studies – some incorporating modeling to demonstrate their feasibility – have provided plausible plans to meet 100% of energy demand with renewable sources.

Can renewables provide baseload power?

Also

MICROGRIDS NOW on Vimeo

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EV batteries advances and challenges in a space full of energy storage innovation.

Will Battery Storage take over the World? – Canadian Association for the Club of Rome (canadiancor.com)

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There are too many people on the planet consuming too much.   

Clearly the problem is so large that there is room for a systems approach to simultaneously reduce population, reduce resource consumption and reduce energy dependence on fossil fuels.   Working on only one of these is insufficient.   This document addresses a means to reduce fossil fuel dependence and cost by up to 85%

Microgrids and bi-directional EV charging study

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Countering the duck curve:

How microgrids and DERS can reduce demand spikes | Utility Dive

Microgrids will reduce volatility of demand on the grid

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Heating and Cooling With a Heat Pump

Heating and Cooling With a Heat Pump (nrcan.gc.ca)

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The Renewable Energy Transition Takes Off

U.S. 2022 Power Sector Outlook: The Renewable Energy Transition Takes Off

2022-US-Power-Sector-Outlook_April-2022.pdf (ieefa.org)

(28) Europe’s Energy Nightmare Has Only Just Begun – YouTube

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Remember when powering your house with your vehicle was a wild idea?

https://microgridknowledge.com/vehicle-to-microgrid-vehicle-to-grid/

also:  https://youtu.be/-KQEt5QqPXU

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‘You’re further ahead with an EV’: How EV owners weather massive power outages

‘You’re further ahead with an EV’: How EV owners weather massive power outages – Online EV

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Battery recycling

Fire, delays, and financial woes: Battery recycling… | Canary Media

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EV Battery Health with Dr Jeff Dahn Dalhousie U

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The Dr. Bill Rees collection – footprint and ecological overshoot

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Enough is plenty.

‘Those who do not know the meaning of enough, will never be rich’ apparently from Confucius.

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