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I see you got downvoted. Your comment touches on topics outside the current article and its discussion. The reason is that Electrical grid balancing has been c
by greendesk 7y ago
I see you got downvoted.
Your comment touches on topics outside the current article and its discussion. The reason is that Electrical grid balancing has been commented elsewhere; the economic operation of plants has also been commented in other discussions; if wind is blowing - there is energy left on the table without it being used; if operating a plant on fossil fuels, those fuels still have to be delivered. Wind energy is variable input, but review data on its variability over span of days.
Overall, having variable input of energy in an electrical grid is not the blocker. It is also an extensive - and ‘done enough for now’ area of research.
The variability is not what has slowed down wind energy deployments.
- rmetzler 7y ago> The variability is not what has slowed down wind energy deployments. It has been subsidized in a lot places. And yes it creates a lot of variability which is currently mitigated by powering fossil plants up and down. People think they buy solar and wind power and it works on paper, but in reality it only works because there are fossil fuel plants as backup.
- TomK32 7y agoNuclear power has been subsidized, most still is, coal is still subsidized. So what's the problem here?
- AtlasBarfed 7y agoPolitics and ignorance, the usual culprits
- mytailorisrich 7y agoIt's not possible to discuss the cost of generating a kWh without also discussing availability aspects. Comparisons must be made like for like. For example, certainly for solar the cost and practicality of storage must be taken into account. There are similar constraints with wind. Overall, renewables can be used a lot these days but still have limitations.