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Originally Posted by aerohead
*The first thing,is that all of Europe will be inter-tied to the same grid.
*Europe will be also be inter-tied to Africa.
*Between solar-thermal,solar PV,terrestrial wind,and offshore wind,there's a likelihood that electrical power will be coming from somewhere at all times.
*Nuclear could help with base load and spinning reserves if they wanted to revisit that option.
Also,the grid-scale storage is currently under R&D.If reducing carbon emissions is of high enough importance,this path might be fast-tracked.Who knows?
*Simultaneously,they can pursue even greater energy efficiencies,across the entire user spectrum.
*Population?
Plenty of challenges.
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Very true. So much is still being worked out. The reality is that we will add a greater and greater percentage of renewables and learn as we go. Nobody is seriously looking at 100% renewable for 30-50 years and nobody can realistically say they know what the world will look like or what technology will be available that far out.