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To: meyer

“It’s hardly complex or “high-tech”.”

Not in small quantitities, but if there was enough of it you now have a relatively unpredictable power generation source on the grid, not something that the operators generally want. Averaged over a large enough area, though, much as with wind power, it should be manageable.


18 posted on 07/31/2009 1:01:44 PM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
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To: -YYZ-
Not in small quantitities, but if there was enough of it you now have a relatively unpredictable power generation source on the grid, not something that the operators generally want. Averaged over a large enough area, though, much as with wind power, it should be manageable.

From the standpoint of the interconnection (the grid, if you will), it's not significant as a generating source until it starts reaching the megawatt level. I don't mean megawatts of reduced load, I mean megawatts of energy in excess of load being pushed back into the grid. Then, a simple tabulation system, a modem, and a moderately good internet connection are all that are required.

We've been telemetering energy-generating industrial customers using 1200 bps modems for years. Only in the last 10 years or so have we started using broadband.

21 posted on 07/31/2009 1:10:47 PM PDT by meyer (Obama's failure is America's Success.)
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