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four brownouts a day is an instant kill for industry despite that you're okay with it, most heavy users of power aren't the reason they're omitting this from
by JohnHaugeland 5y ago
four brownouts a day is an instant kill for industry
despite that you're okay with it, most heavy users of power aren't
the reason they're omitting this from the reporting is that the reporting just isn't true
- leesalminen 5y agoThat’s fair. Every grocery store has a massive diesel generator sitting out back. Guess they don’t want their cold foods to spoil. As a counter point, nearly all brownouts occur after 6 PM. So maybe it affects heavy industry less?
- mikeyouse 5y agoDepends entirely on the length of the brownouts and the type of industry, there are long-proven fallback and standby options that can smooth out temporary blips (or just clean dirty power in general) that allow 'industry' to work just about anywhere in the world. The bigger issue in Costa Rica is that they aren't actively courting heavy industry, so their power is very expensive for commercial users -- nearly $0.20/kWh compared to half that rate in a place like Mexico or Colombia, or more like $0.05/kWh in Texas.
- walshemj 5y agoStandby = spinning up diesel generators in a lot of cases.
- sergiomattei 5y agoPuerto Rico's 4 blackouts a day stares awkwardly from the distance. Guess the US isn't doing any better.