In regions that are “100% powered by renewable energy”, what happens to the traditional power plants?
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In many cases they still have them and use them (particularly during peak usage or during times when renewable means aren’t producing enough like night/low wind for solar/wind) but much less. The trick is many “100% renewable” numbers are often “net” so if they make a ton of renewable energy during the day (more than they can use) and sell it to neighboring regions (and reduce those regions reliance and use of fossil fuels, etc) they count that as an offset to the limited use of fossile fuels they may still use.
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