Apocryphal Account of the Cause of the Deepwater Horizon Platform Failure: Batteries.

[hunter]

6. You are welcome to read through my journal.

Here's a typical entry.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3075132

How would your system work without a grid connection?

How many batteries would it take to achieve even 98% reliability in your system all year around if you were not connected to the grid?

Can your "solution" to the problem support eight billion people?

You can watch the real world performance of gigawatt scale solar, wind, and energy storage systems on sites like this:

https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE

I'll start you off with Germany because their aggressive "renewable" energy programs have been an ongoing catastrophe.

The economic viability of solar and wind power in my own state of California is entirely dependent on natural gas.