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> Pumped storage

Very limited in where you can build it

> grid scale batteries

Don't exist. You severely underestimate the needs of the grid

> syngas

Aka burning furl and calling it carbon neutral. And have they passed the 1MW mark




>Very limited in where you can build it

There was a scientific study that looked this precise question and found 10x as many sites as necessary

>grid scale batteries Don't exist.

Your assertion is trivially disproven with a quick google.

>Aka burning furl and calling it carbon neutral

aka making hydrogen from excess solar/wind, storing it, burning it and turning that into electricity.

it's unfortunately only 50% efficient but that still makes it cheaper than nuclear power.




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