By picking gas as the backup solution and solar (+ some wind) as the main source of electricity, Europe has picked the most likely overall winners of the energy transition. Many countries in Europe are rapidly approaching 100% solar electricity and the plans are looking to vastly overprovision today's demand because we need to reduce the non-electricity fossil consumption next.
This market has very different needs than the 100% grid stability of today's electricity usage. We might for instance not be able to charge cars in winter nights if there is no wind.
Gas peaking plants will be there but their consumption of gas will become much less.
it sounds like a parallel universe, in todays Europe (the reality), the grid got almost shut down by the Russian war in Ukraine and its gas dependency. The only salvation went from some even dirtier gas imported from the US and there's further talks with Algeria, Qatar and Azerbaidjan to increase gas imports (all great democracies aligned with the EU that won't cause any issue I'm sure).
The renewable policies in the EU were a diplomatic and an environmental failure.
And for now it's "only" the gas dependencies causing issues, everybody can just pray that China doesn't block panel exports to make the situation even more explosive than it already is.
> We might for instance not be able to charge cars in winter nights if there is no wind.
The issue with wind is that when it's down, it's really really down to single digits. It's not just about charging electric cars or not but bringing something else to stabilize the grid.
You're confusing so much that I don't even know where to start. Maybe with "rapidly approaching 100% solar electricity". In reality, it's news when some country, in perfect weather, runs on renewables for few hours in a day. Then coal plants start.
This market has very different needs than the 100% grid stability of today's electricity usage. We might for instance not be able to charge cars in winter nights if there is no wind.
Gas peaking plants will be there but their consumption of gas will become much less.