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Note that demand being at zero doesn't mean we are shutting down power plants. Nuclear, for example, is baseload and basically never shuts down. But California
by kccqzy 3y ago
Note that demand being at zero doesn't mean we are shutting down power plants. Nuclear, for example, is baseload and basically never shuts down. But California does export a lot of energy when the net demand is low. And of course charging batteries is an even bigger part of it.
- zer00eyz 3y ago>> is baseload and basically never shuts down https://www.rstreet.org/commentary/understanding-negative-prices-in-the-texas-electricity-market/ https://www.rstreet.org/commentary/understanding-negative-pr... Renewables like solar and wind have already changed our grid so dramatically that "baseline" is sometimes finding ways to dump power off the grid. Texas going negative is a harbinger of things to come. The duck curve, the uneven generation of solar and wind, means that "baseline" solutions like nuclear (and coal) aren't responsive or flexible enough.