Re:California to open five natural gas plants to avoid black...
by 6nf on Thursday September 02, 2021 @07:55AM
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If it rains for a week?
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Re:California to open five natural gas plants to avoid black...
by Retric on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:07AM
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The pithy answer is “That’s why people build them in deserts.” However, electric grids need excess capacity spread across large areas for when demand spikes and stuff breaks. Luckily peak demand doesn’t line up with wide scale rain as AC demand falls.
Also, PV unlike concentrated solar does produce power during storms it’s just significantly less than normal.
Re:California to open five natural gas plants to avoid black...
by OneTimePetes on Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:02AM
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Reminder that other "low value energy demand" is easy bufferable - one can easy heat water in a isolated ground tank with excess solar and use that storage in winter.
Re:California to open five natural gas plants to avoid black...
by MagnumOpus on Thursday September 02, 2021 @10:57AM
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