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This is good news. Solar is the way to go, if there's a way to supply nighttime demand, and batteries are one solution. Solar panels are cheaper, more efficient, and last much longer than wind turbines. We really should replace wind turbines with solar panels and batteries, or some other method of storing the energy.
However, none of this seems to matter, if the ignorant masses keep getting duped by the billionaires.
Wind is still great. It’s worth diversifying to beat out fossil fuels
Indeed, in the UK (a notoriously windy place) wind currently far outpaces solar in terms of energy production and although it's also variable, it works well in winter and at night.
During summer solar really shines (no pun intended), but wind absolutely rocks.
No, strategic renewables competition is counterproductive.
From GP comment:
That's wrong, wind can provide a steady energy source (you see that in the plot from the OP article), it is available during the night and, depending on geography, can match some energy demand quite well.
It is not competing, it is complementing each other in a way that less storage is needed.
For example, in coastal Northern Europe, there is lots of wind power in winter, when electricity is needed to power heat pumps.
California specifically has a long coast line exposed to west winds from the Pacific ocean.
Batteries complement these.
An ideal fourth complement would be wave power like the Pelamis type. (Pelamis was shelved by E.ON, a fossil energy company, but probably copied by the Chinese.)
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In California solar may be the way to go. In other areas with colder and cloudier climates wind is still very useful.