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Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by rleigh on Thursday August 27, 2020 @06:31PM (#24299437)
It makes sense as a concept. In practice, it may lead to very unfortunate feedback effects if deployed at scale.
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Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by sbierwagen on Thursday August 27, 2020 @07:15PM (#24299741)
Use low-precision frequency references, then. At scale it'll smear out the demand spike.
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Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by londons_explore on Friday August 28, 2020 @03:00AM (#24302110)
Except it's negative feedback... Which increases system stability.
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