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Unreliability makes solar power impossibly expensive

David Wojick
USA
2022
CFACT Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow cfact.org

Many states and the utilities they regulate are talking about replacing their coal and gas fired generators with solar and wind power.

Given the high intermittency of wind and solar the idea of running on solar and wind turns out to be an extremely costly prospect. It is all about reliability. Electricity must be there when we need it.