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> This is the thing that gets missed is renuables are competing with peaking power The other thing that gets missed is that they aren't competing at all, becau
by 0815test 8y ago
> This is the thing that gets missed is renuables are competing with peaking power
The other thing that gets missed is that they aren't competing at all, because renewables are unreliable and non-dispatchable. So, more renewables means more peaking power other things being equal. What can directly compete with peaking power is battery storage (though pumped hydro is king there) and demand-response.
- behindmyscreen 8y ago.....woooosh.....
- breakyerself 8y agoRenewable + storage are competing directly with peakers. The storage makes renewables dispatchable and if you look at the performance of the battery in Australia it appears to be much higher performance. The system dispatchs power in a fraction of the time a peaker plant can.
- Scipio_Afri 8y agoTakes a lot less time to throw a switch on what is essentially a capacitor than start a gas turbine, even if its the small peaker gas turbines.