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A coal power plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario used to drive an otherwise decommissioned generator for the sake of having inertial mass to stabilize the frequency o
by xattt 6y ago
A coal power plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario used to drive an otherwise decommissioned generator for the sake of having inertial mass to stabilize the frequency of the local supply.
I would imagine this is common practice in power generation in general.
- PhantomGremlin 6y agoYes, it is common practice: https://business.directenergy.com/blog/2016/may/reactive-power https://business.directenergy.com/blog/2016/may/reactive-pow... https://openei.org/wiki/Definition:Reactive_Power https://openei.org/wiki/Definition:Reactive_Power
- Johnythree 6y agoYes, it's called a "Synchronous Condenser" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_condenser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_condenser