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I wonder how economical it becomes to run their own generation at some point. I know in the US I've seen datacenters that will switch over to backup generators
by hotpotamus 5y ago
I wonder how economical it becomes to run their own generation at some point. I know in the US I've seen datacenters that will switch over to backup generators at peak demand times as part of load shedding agreements, but I don't have any idea on the economics (other than running your own diesel generators must be more expensive than grid power).
- BenjiWiebe 5y agoOne thing about load shedding and backup generators... You generally want to load test your generators regularly anyways, to make sure they are a reliable backup. So you are sorta getting paid to do your load tests. (Though load shedding might be several hours a day for 2 weeks straight, instead of a single 1 hour load test.)
- hotpotamus 5y agoYep, generally load shedding was a few hours just for peak times. And indeed, someone asked the question if we ever tested our generators and the tech answered that we never need ed to test because they routinely kicked on for one reason or another.