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FTA: "Yes, the utility industry will need to update the century-old hub-and-spoke architecture of the grid to accommodate high levels of variable and distribute
by guelo 13y ago
FTA: "Yes, the utility industry will need to update the century-old hub-and-spoke architecture of the grid to accommodate high levels of variable and distributed renewable power, but that needed to be done anyway. Yes, there are important questions to be addressed about dispatchability—the degree to which the power generator can be fired up at will, as needed—voltage regulation, service level guarantees, and the evolution of utility business models and regulatory environment, which I have written a series of articles about"
- jacques_chester 13y ago> but that needed to be done anyway Why? Hub and spoke is a pretty well-proved model. And I don't see industrial process plants getting smaller.