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Old 01-17-2020, 10:29 AM   #2105
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist View Post
I think peaker plants can be shut down/turned up quickly. Natural Gas as load generation cannot be.

I may be wrong though
Pretty sure you are correct.

Battery however is an even better peaker plant in terms of efficiency and cost savings. There is zero doubt in this regard.

People are getting WAY to caught up in the whole 'it would take this amount of storage and solar/wind to provide power for the whole grid' without realizing that we are talking about two applications here.

Standard power production
Peak power production management
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