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by JensKnipper 36 days ago
You can combine solar with wind. And the good thing: wind is complementary to solar. So no need for solar overcapacity and massive energy storage.

https://freeingenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Graph-s...

Edit: this is exactly what your link is showing > Demonstrates that mixed wind–solar portfolios outperform single technologies.

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no it's not fully complementary. And that's the main challenge. Countries without nuclear and hydro tackle this with gas/coal