A radical idea to get a high-renewable electric grid: Build way more solar and wind than needed
- Written by Richard Perez, Senior Research Associate in Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, State University of New York
Expanding solar power potential more than it's needed could replace more expensive energy storage.Jamey Stillings, CC BY-SAThe famous inventor Edwin Land said, “It’s not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.” He seemed to be telling us that solutions lie just beyond our old habits of thinking.
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