Baseline + peak load grids is a much more complex problem. But that said, it doesn't mean wind isn't helpful or useful - it just means some grid design change.

Baseline + peak load grids is a much more complex problem. But that said, it doesn't mean wind isn't helpful or useful - it just means some grid design change. Consider this - any energy captured from wind can be stored, at some known percentage of loss due to thermal and other inefficiencies. Heck, wind a spring with it! This is going to be less efficient, but not orders of magnitude so - and it still keeps us on clean and relatively inexpensive wind, as opposed to dirty and increasingly expensive fossil fuels.