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I'm not talking about disconnecting output, I'm talking about reducing it. You don't burn as much coal, which was my original statement.
by cinntaile 3y ago
I'm not talking about disconnecting output, I'm talking about reducing it. You don't burn as much coal, which was my original statement.
- TheLoafOfBread 3y agoBut idle = power plant still running on 80% so you are still using 80% of coal input to just keep it running on empty.
- cinntaile 3y agoCoal plants for load following end up around 20-40%, nowhere near your 80% number. They have to, because the energy grid demands that they're capable of doing this because it's just not economical to run them at 80% when there is such variability.