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Alt headline: coal plants don't have operating flexibility to reduce output, driving prices negative momentarily.
by ghouse 12y ago
Alt headline: coal plants don't have operating flexibility to reduce output, driving prices negative momentarily.
- jcampbell1 12y agoAlt headline: Solar generation has no operating flexibility, thus solar generators must pay to shut down load following capacity, driving prices negative momentarily.
- Thimothy 12y agoErr... You are quite wrong. Solar generation has all the operating flexibility of the world. As they are voltage generators they can be disconected from the charge with zero consecuences for the generator, contrary to coal generators.