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Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agogrid buffering does not need that. It’s literally guys looking at demand and phoning around to turn up or down generation. Fun fact: this was the first in a series of events that caused the Chernobyl explosion.
minus-squareteslekova@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoOh yeah, it’s massive overkill for the conventional grid. It’s just one of the things I see people say when trying to get people to accept that battery banks can make a renewable-only grid viable here in Australia.
grid buffering does not need that. It’s literally guys looking at demand and phoning around to turn up or down generation.
Fun fact: this was the first in a series of events that caused the Chernobyl explosion.
Oh yeah, it’s massive overkill for the conventional grid. It’s just one of the things I see people say when trying to get people to accept that battery banks can make a renewable-only grid viable here in Australia.