Unlocking the Energy Trilemma Podcast
featuring yours truly
And now for something completely different (at least for me).
I was pleased to be interviewed by Ravi and Jose (JAM) for their “Unlocking The Energy Trilemma” podcast series - links below.
After a bit of a shaky start I settled down and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
A few minor slips / misspeaks, but overall I’m very happy with how it came out.
(Minor clarification on the final point: I do NOT think that gravity storage currently is the answer, it has too many moving parts under high stress and hence is likely to be an operating and maintenance nightmare. But something like that.)
The different links are here:
www: https://www.unlocking-energy-trilemma.com/international
www episode landing page: https://www.unlocking-energy-trilemma.com/international/005-required-energy-storage-to-make-net-zero-happen
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Hi Chris, Excellent discussion regarding how we can reach net zero (If indeed we can?) Without nuclear it feels impossible without enduring selective black or brown outs. (France should be ok though!) It's clear from GRIDWATCH that (In UK at least) we can have 40% wind capacity one day or 3% wind the next! With a high pressure weather front over Europe during winter, having even more turbines will do very little to solve the lack of renewable power. Although you didn't mention this I wondered if you were concerned that a prolonged lull in wind/solar might soon exhaust any long term storage facilities regardless of how much we build and we're left with almost zero power for days? FF might be bad for the environment but they're pretty good for generating reliable electrical energy.