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Re:In the US, wind power is getting bigger and better, repor... by endymi0n on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @11:01AM (#28368960)
In the end a mix of all of the below:

- overprovisioning because it's still cheap enough

- peak shaving with battery storage

- dynamic demand applications, powered by hours of "free" energy, taking them outside the peak demand: car charging, heat and cold buffers (aluminum smeltering, ice buffers for A/C), and lots more that will prop up

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Re:In the US, wind power is getting bigger and better, repor... by bryanlarsen on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @06:20PM (#28374383)
Also

- mix of sources. Solar+wind is more reliable than either solar or wind.

- geothermal

- interconnected grids. The wind is always blowing somewhere.

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Re:In the US, wind power is getting bigger and better, repor... by idiotsecant on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @07:55PM (#28375042)
Your third item implies massive multi-trillion dollar upgrades to the transmission system(s) which are historically sexy and politically unpopular. They need to happen but they won't.
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