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It could be curtailment due to overcapacity or lack of transmission infrastructure to get the electricity to consumers [1]. I'm not quite sure why a more expens
by z2 9y ago
It could be curtailment due to overcapacity or lack of transmission infrastructure to get the electricity to consumers [1]. I'm not quite sure why a more expensive source wouldn't be shut down instead, but maybe the unpredictability of wind power makes them the first to fall when demand is low?
1: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/why-arent-those-wind-turbines-turning https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/why-arent-those...
- Caveman_Coder 9y agoThe key thing is reliability and most Balancing Authorities will have procedures dictating which generation comes offline.