Why Wind and Solar Need Natural Gas: A Realistic Approach to Variability
ITIF·2024-10-01 01:38
Why Wind and Solar Need Natural Gas: A Realistic Approach to Variability ROBIN GASTER | SEPTEMBER 2024 Wind and solar power will replace consistently dispatchable electricity from fossil fuels with variable and more unpredictable clean energy. Seasonal shifts and annual variations cannot be handled with batteries or other proposed storage solutions like hydrogen. Natural gas will have to bridge the gap for many decades. KEY TAKEAWAYS Solar and wind are growing fast and rapidly displacing coal on the grid. B ...