Many organizations now acknowledge that generating electricity is not the same as building an affordable and reliable electricity system. Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling explain that this is an admission that wind and solar were never the cheapest electricity sources — the hidden costs were simply being ignored by using the LCOE metric.
L'idée que l'énergie éolienne et solaire puissent facilement remplacer les combustibles fossiles paraît séduisante. Mais derrière ce discours optimiste se cachent des défis techniques complexes, tels que l'intermittence, et le rôle crucial de la synchronisation et de l'inertie dans le maintien de la stabilité du réseau et d'un système électrique fiable, conclut Francis Menton après une présentation convaincante de Kathryn Porter.
The idea that wind and solar power can easily replace fossil fuels sounds appealing. But behind this optimistic narrative lie complex technical challenges, such as intermittency, grid stability, and the crucial roles of synchronization and inertia in maintaining a reliable electricity system, concludes Francis Menton after a powerful presentation by Kathryn Porter.
