As Australia surges past a solar-powered milestone, questions turn to how much is too much, and can we hope to store it all?
  • @WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3•20 days ago

    I doubt that would be terribly relevant. The lions share of the surplus energy should be predictable based on recent grid data + 24 hour weather forecasts.

    Based on nothing but wikipedia the primary methods for desalination are distillation (boiling) and membrane; neither of which sound like ramp up time would matter.