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> unit 4 proved there's positive learning curve

Unit 4 proved that work units in a given project, sharing the same lapse of time and space, can benefit. Extrapolating it to a whole set of projects is another matter (see the referenced study).

> a continental scale grid

Already exists and is continuously extended: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Network_of_Transmissi...

> dunkelflaute

Its real impact (surface, frequency, duration...) is vastly overstated. In a glimpse: https://x.com/JonaSalKupper/status/1707035071394238889



Yeah, vastly overstated... at this point you're not serious dude. I'm also very aware of european grid, but I guess you didn't read the part that you still need huge overcapacity


I cannot see any counter-argument in your answer.

> huge overcapacity

You didn't source this. This vastly depends on many parameters. Moreover as renewables machines are cheap, recyclable, and can be installed in unused places (or even protect them, as offshore wind does for oceans) you have yet to show which challenge this 'huge overcapacity' stems.




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