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While wind and solar can generate huge amounts of energy, their intermittency and non-availability during peak demand hours present a major challenge for nations.
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
None grappled honestly with intermittency and whole-system reliability.
—Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
Wind power faces a number of challenges — notably, the need to be paired with strategies to promote investment in batteries or other approaches for electricity storage to overcome the reality of the intermittency of wind power.
—Bridget Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
These savings go well beyond plant operations, encompassing transmission buildout, fuel costs, storage requirements, and the need to overbuild renewable capacity to compensate for intermittency.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
None grappled honestly with intermittency and whole-system reliability.
—Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
Wind power faces a number of challenges — notably, the need to be paired with strategies to promote investment in batteries or other approaches for electricity storage to overcome the reality of the intermittency of wind power.
—Bridget Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
These savings go well beyond plant operations, encompassing transmission buildout, fuel costs, storage requirements, and the need to overbuild renewable capacity to compensate for intermittency.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Intermittency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intermittency. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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