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Interdependent grids are usually good: they allow you to average out the effect of a single power station failure over a much larger area, and to amortize price
by pjc50 2y ago
Interdependent grids are usually good: they allow you to average out the effect of a single power station failure over a much larger area, and to amortize prices from a wider area of suppliers.
- rightbyte 2y agoSure but if you can't cut off failing parts in a sane way it seems like a liability. Like, what can you do, use some 1000 of MW to melt iron rods or something to give the power stations time to slow down? Free wheels?
- littlestymaar 2y agoWhat the heck are you talking about? Don't you realize that the smaller the grid, the more important the instantaneous load variations can be in relative term and the harder it is to keep things running smoothly? It's not a theoretical concern, it's why electric networks on islands are much harder to work with and much more prone to collapse than bigger networks.
- rightbyte 2y agoI think the point I am trying to make is that the risk for big area outtakes are lower with more figurative islands.
- littlestymaar 2y agoIt is not. The bigger the network, the more stable it is, that's why countries keep interconnecting with each other despite political tensions between them (no pun intended).