Re:The Necessity of Nuclear
by roenxi on Sunday October 13, 2019 @09:32PM
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Aren't the UK windfarms sans-storage though? I thought they were reliant on offshore wind being a fairly consistent source.
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They're not fairly consistent, its a genuine misunderstanding of the system that they have to be. UK has a bit of nuclear, a lot of gas and biomass plant, some very useful pumped hydro and sizable interconnects to trade electricity with Europe. Everything is adjusted to match generation to demand. Generation is dynamic - Demand is dynamic. There is no panic when demand or generation changes, its handled.