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If the complementing fossil source is gas, the power plants can be regulated quickly enough to follow the wind production. So every percent more wind power mean
by _ph_ 7y ago
If the complementing fossil source is gas, the power plants can be regulated quickly enough to follow the wind production. So every percent more wind power means, that the corresponding amout of gas is not burnt. And no CO2 for it is produced.
- Proven 7y agoConsumers pay for extra power generating capacity that they have no use for and would prefer not to pay for (if there was any chance they would, it wouldn't be forced onto them). "No CO2 is produced" doesn't mean anything to them.