World Energy Outlook and the Prospects for Sustainable Sources世界能源展望和可持续来源的前景.pptVIP

Solar and wind provide power only while the sun is shining or the wind is blowing. Since modern societies need electricity at all times of the day and night, much of the so-called “base load” power must be provided from other sources such as hydro, nuclear or fossil-fueled plants. Studies by Michael Grubb and others have estimated that perhaps 20-25% of power from intermittent sources can be accommodated directly by the electric grid. * To explore the impact of this intermittency, lets look at the share of power that solar and wind provide. We see that by around 2040, the needed contributi