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Do you demand with downtime for coal, for fixing the shoot? The scrubber? The ash removal? Or for hydro? With dam work? Generator replacement (explosion at Hoo
by smileysteve 4y ago
Do you demand with downtime for coal, for fixing the shoot? The scrubber? The ash removal?
Or for hydro? With dam work? Generator replacement (explosion at Hoover dam this year)
Or nuclear, for fuel rod changeouts?
While solar has more nightly downtime at non-peak demand, both wind and solar are often configured in volumes and geo distributions that reduce maintenance outage (a function of lower output per unit)
- crackercrews 4y agoAll of these examples sound like they can be scheduled. You cannot schedule the sun and wind. You can predict the sun of course and it's nice that it sometimes lines up with peak usage.