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To: Parmy

It’s called “grid saturation”. With solar the idea is to make 24hrs worth of power in a 5-6hr time period each day. The grid capacity is only so big and it’s not that there is no place to send the excess power - it’s the fact that the wires are only so big and can handle only so much current. Which means there is no way to get the excess power onto the grid without upsizing equipment (ie. - mucho $$$).
Saturation levels have been raised to 100% (up from 25%) of the grid capacity for the time of day that solar generates.


19 posted on 10/20/2017 2:47:25 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: 1FreeAmerican
There was an Australian article about wind power in the US SW.

It was and is a racket.

The "investors" that took advantage of the eco stupity quickly reached the transmission saturation for a low number of turbines, and still got paid for "power generation" for turbines still in the packing crates.

31 posted on 10/20/2017 3:41:09 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: 1FreeAmerican

Very helpful explanation. Thanks.


44 posted on 10/21/2017 4:13:19 AM PDT by poconopundit (CNN is... Corruption News Neglected)
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