alt Hacker News> Yes, the missing piece here is most of the demand is in winter but most of the solar production in summer.
Wind power is anti-cyclical to solar. Both daily and seasonally.
> Yes, the missing piece here is most of the demand is in winter but most of the solar production in summer.
Wind power is anti-cyclical to solar. Both daily and seasonally.
Most of the time yes, but most of the time isn't a good answer when we talk about a grid. See the nuclear issue in France which had an even worse wind generation issue compounding the problem.
Not to mention the variability which is 10x worse than solar.