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Re:America’s First Offshore Wind Farm by yessql on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @01:38PM (#12345638)
Utilities have to have excess capacity available to spin up instantly to meet demand. So you have to compare the cost and maintenance with a natural gas peaker plant. I think there is a place for Tesla's PowerPack to replace the least used peaker plants.
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Re:America’s First Offshore Wind Farm by toomuchtodo on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @03:28PM (#12346739)
Tesla PowerPacks are already replacing three peaker plants (that I know of).

The more expensive the peaker, the faster the payback time.

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