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Battery storage follows load much faster than fossil, and nuclear can't follow at all.
by dv_dt 6y ago
Battery storage follows load much faster than fossil, and nuclear can't follow at all.
- VBprogrammer 6y agoWrong on nuclear. They operate in load following in France just fine.
- dv_dt 6y agoUntil it gets too hot and they have to ironically shut down the plants during heat waves.
- VBprogrammer 6y agoThe same would be true of any thermoelectric power station. They all need cooling of the condenser.
- dv_dt 6y agoBut not true of photovoltaic or wind power stations...