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Fuzz · 01-15-2020, 12:59 PM

The 20% is because it is working at 3 MW of 15MW nameplate. But it also worked at 0% quite often, like it is currently. So if you want to charge batteries from solar, you need more solar power than that. And you apparently also need more than a night worth of battery storage to cover the days when it isn't working at all. Now, maybe you charge the battery from the rest of the grid, but we've now had several 24 hour periods where we import power from BC and Montana, currently around 1000MW. So when do you charge the batteries? Do you install 2 days worth, and hope that's enough? A week's worth, and pay a crapload of extra money for that? How do you build a reserve when you have no solar and no wind, which is our "bonus" energy pool currently? Or do you just build a gas plant that is reliable, consistent, and affordable? What makes more sense?

01-15-2020, 12:59 PM	#2043
Fuzz Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2015 Exp:	The 20% is because it is working at 3 MW of 15MW nameplate. But it also worked at 0% quite often, like it is currently. So if you want to charge batteries from solar, you need more solar power than that. And you apparently also need more than a night worth of battery storage to cover the days when it isn't working at all. Now, maybe you charge the battery from the rest of the grid, but we've now had several 24 hour periods where we import power from BC and Montana, currently around 1000MW. So when do you charge the batteries? Do you install 2 days worth, and hope that's enough? A week's worth, and pay a crapload of extra money for that? How do you build a reserve when you have no solar and no wind, which is our "bonus" energy pool currently? Or do you just build a gas plant that is reliable, consistent, and affordable? What makes more sense? Last edited by Fuzz; 01-15-2020 at 01:04 PM.