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This says 5 hours to get to 99%:

https://reneweconomy.com.au/a-near-100-per-cent-renewables-g...

Windgas is actually pretty suitable for that last 1%. It may be 50% efficient to produce but it's easy to store large quantities of gas for long periods for those dark/still spells.

Counterintuitively that 1% of electricity generated from windgas will among be the most expensive "green" electricity but it will probably still be cheaper than nuclear power:

https://theecologist.org/2016/feb/17/wind-power-windgas-chea...




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