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Re:Afghan opium growers have switched to solar power by cbmuser on Monday July 27, 2020 @06:57PM (#23970390)
> There's no need for baseline power in any power grid.

Go to smard.de, check "Market data visuals" and "Electricity consumption->Actual consumption" and you will be presented with the baseline which is never below 40 GWh in Germany at any hour.

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Re:Afghan opium growers have switched to solar power by bryanlarsen on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:02PM (#23971195)
Sure, baseline demand exists. But I'm talking about supply. If you have a system that can supply 120GWh at any time then it can also supply 40GWh at all times. If it can't supply 40GWh at all times then it obviously can't supply 120GWh at any time.
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