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From the other side, wind has been shown to be less favorable than solar, and both of these renewables have the intermittency problem.
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Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The Agency emphasizes that this approach avoids the intermittency of wind and solar and, at the point of generation, does not emit carbon dioxide, per Kyodo News.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2025
That intermittency has diminished with the entrance of battery storage, which allows renewable energy to power the grid even when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
By providing a means to store and dispatch solar power at any time of day, the company helps utilities deal with the inherent intermittency of solar without resorting to carbon-emitting energy sources, says Exowatt CEO and cofounder Hannan Happi.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 23 July 2025
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Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The Agency emphasizes that this approach avoids the intermittency of wind and solar and, at the point of generation, does not emit carbon dioxide, per Kyodo News.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2025
That intermittency has diminished with the entrance of battery storage, which allows renewable energy to power the grid even when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
By providing a means to store and dispatch solar power at any time of day, the company helps utilities deal with the inherent intermittency of solar without resorting to carbon-emitting energy sources, says Exowatt CEO and cofounder Hannan Happi.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 23 July 2025
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“Intermittency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intermittency. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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