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I wouldn't call that a good thing. You generally can't turn off/on a coal plant in a hurry. What they're probably doing is just braking the turbines and still b
by 46Bit 14y ago
I wouldn't call that a good thing. You generally can't turn off/on a coal plant in a hurry. What they're probably doing is just braking the turbines and still burning some fuel.
(Edited, realised it sounded confrontational to begin with.)
- tvladeck 14y agoThis is correct. In addition there are a number of other ways that grid operators can displace power. This has happened a few times before in Western Europe, and prices have even gone below zero, incentivizing industrial facilities to do things like turn up their refrigerators to soak power
- rayiner 14y agoThose coal plants will be all gone soon, and replaced with gas turbine plants which you can shut on/off in a hurry.