Its my main driver. I just don't use their ads / crypto features. You can opt out ya know

I'm all for keeping existing nuclear infrastructure but building new nuclear is mad.

Or convert excess to hydrogen and provide resilience, or have arrangements for industry to consume the excess. Or ramp down your generation at those times. Or shift excess to neighbouring grids.

"demonstrated"

South Australia implemented a 100mw battery for their power system in 2016

Given you're making up things I never said I can only imagine what you're respinding to? Where did a massive lake of molten salt under every city come from?

Correct. That's why I enumerate a bunch itf other options for the other guy who said the same thing.

I know. There are many solutions to this

Are you proposing that the sun may not shine and the wind not blow anywhere at all for months?

What? You don't have Google? Options I know of (other than batteries and pumped hydro) : Compressed Air Energy Storage, Thermal Energy Storage,, Fly wheels, Hydrogen, Supercapacitors, Gravitational Storage

Wind is always blowing somewhere

No, you're right. It's not an option for everyone. Which is why I mentioned that there are many other solutions which are similar and over production which is simpler and cheaper