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Re:In the US, wind power is getting bigger and better, repor... by Symmetry on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @11:03AM (#28368987)
The end game is probably going to be a mixture of storage and moving energy intensive processes (e.g. aluminium smelting, hydrogen production, car charging) to when electricity is most abundant.
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Re:In the US, wind power is getting bigger and better, repor... by mercutio2 on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @11:12AM (#28369109)
Smelting doesn’t work that way.

Aluminum smelters do everything in their power to avoid a situation where they lose power for more than a few hours and their pots freeze.

So you can dispatch for a few hours, but it adds enormous operational complexity if you can’t depend on 24x7 power.

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