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> if you produce lots of electricity at the exact times when no one needs it, you are a hero I think that currently if you are capable of producing electricity
by dane-pgp 5y ago
> if you produce lots of electricity at the exact times when no one needs it, you are a hero
I think that currently if you are capable of producing electricity but no one needs it, you get curtailed, and your "theoretical production" doesn't get counted towards your levelized cost.
What really needs to happen is for there to be good ways to store that otherwise-wasted energy (opportunity). Flow batteries are a promising technology for grid energy storage, as are power-to-gas and power-to-ammonia systems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_energy_storage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_energy_storage