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Had trouble finding baseline power definition, but here is one: https://www.collicutt.com/understanding-power/reliability-in-power/ https://www.collicutt.com/un
by labawi 5y ago
Had trouble finding baseline power definition, but here is one: https://www.collicutt.com/understanding-power/reliability-in-power/ https://www.collicutt.com/understanding-power/reliability-in...
Baseline power is slow to change. Not all always-available power is slow, thus not all is baseline. It is not even a desirable quality except for the associated low running costs.
To a large degree, storage is interchangeable with transport, so we would not necessarily need a lot of storage even if we wanted to disqualify sources other than wind and solar.
That being said, in long term, I think we will have a lot of storage and storage-equivalent in industrial chemical and technical processes once they switch to electricity, in consumer batteries (EVs), generally more flexible load, etc.
- liketochill 5y agoThanks for finding a definition. Baseline / baseload power sources not only is always available, but it is always generating as well, at a relatively constant output. I would disagree that it is not a desirable quality. Storage and transmission are interchangeable, both are expensive. I agree storage will win out since it is easier to build unless the transmission path is underwater. Demand response will continue to generally be emergency reserves, since it means that there is power not being generated and consumed that could have been. Peak shifting is viable, as long as my car is charged in the morning I don’t care when it happened - although how long do cars take to charge at home? There isn’t that much flexibility in there. I also don’t want my battery cycles used to provide $1 of electricity. Interesting times!