The world’s new renewable power capacity grew by 50% last year and should keep breaking records this decade on the back of a surge in cheaper solar panels, particularly in China.
There’s an interesting discussion here about how surplus energy shifts the economics of certain fields.
There recently was a paper discussing repurposing old computers and smartphones for use during periods of energy excess: while this compute might not be practical at average electricity rates, it might be worthwhile to have them available for use when electricity is cheap.
There’s an interesting discussion here about how surplus energy shifts the economics of certain fields.
There recently was a paper discussing repurposing old computers and smartphones for use during periods of energy excess: while this compute might not be practical at average electricity rates, it might be worthwhile to have them available for use when electricity is cheap.
At that point, just create heat from the excess energy, store it, and push it through district heating