Re:Electric cars are coming fast – is the nation’s grid up t...
by toomuchtodo on Saturday January 30, 2021 @05:19PM
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As usual, your comments on the topic knock it out of the park. Thanks so much for contributing.
"The Relationship between Wind Generation and Balancing-Energy Market Prices in ERCOT: 2007–2009"
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/49415.pdf
See Figure 5. Hourly generation reaches a minimum from about 1:00 to 5:00 PM and reaches its maximum around 1:00 AM.
Offshore wind output changes less from short term day-night cycles, and generally achieves a higher capacity factor. It is also more expensive to build than onshore wind and no large projects have yet been built for the US, though several are on the drawing board.