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Europe is locking itself in to US LNG

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151 points hunglee2 | 2 comments | 16 Sep 25 13:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jsnider3 ◴[16 Sep 25 14:08 UTC] No.45262472[source]▶
Renewables solves this.
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probablypower ◴[16 Sep 25 14:17 UTC] No.45262574[source]▶
This is confidently incorrect.

Gas power generation is a necessary evil to balance out the variability of intermittent energy generation (i.e. wind and solar).

Hydropower isn't a feasible alternative because the easy resources have been developed.

The only alternative source of flexibility available today is demand side response.

Edit: I appreciate the down votes, as I've not explained in detail. It is a complex issue. My opinions are based on having a phd in the topic, 10+ years in control rooms, years of market operations and design, and years contributing to europe-wide risk assessment methodologies.

I emplore anyone who is actually interested in how energy mix actually impacts grid stability/reliability to look into the Eirgrid DS3 programme (https://www.eirgrid.ie/ds3-programme-delivering-secure-susta...).

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PunchTornado ◴[16 Sep 25 14:19 UTC] No.45262600[source]▶
Green energy like nuclear
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1. potato3732842 ◴[16 Sep 25 14:22 UTC] No.45262633[source]▶
Politically hamstrung because a bunch of short sighted people have their panties in a bunch?
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2. SiempreViernes ◴[16 Sep 25 14:38 UTC] No.45262884[source]▶
Mostly because it's very expensive and slow to build, what with nuclear engineers not wanting their workplaces to be as dangerous as a construction site. Look up who invented the Maximum Credible Accident, it wasn't the environmentalists.