‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months - eviltoast

“with wind the single-biggest contributor… Power production costs have declined “by almost half” … And the clean energy sector has created 50,000 new jobs… Ask me what was the impact on the electricity sector in Uruguay after this tragic war in Europe — zero.”

  • Lancoian@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    that’s not quite right and mixes couple things

    you have production losses and transmission losses. then you have waste heat used for household and industrial heating.

    now you would also have to produce that portion electrically.

    For instance in winter heating requirements of a typical house are 2x that of the electricity used.