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Old 2011-03-24, 18:43   Link #12698
JMvS
Rawrrr!
 
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: CH aka Chocaholic Heaven
Age: 40
The whole point is that solar and windmill, because they by no means can qualify for peak, are treated as baseload.

Maybe they should have created a new category especially for them: erratic.

The not so funny thing, is that to ensure a baseline supply from windmills, supplementary coal (=> baseline), and gas (=>peak) power plants have to be built. So, in the end, you get to build (and pay for) twice the virtual capacity you need (and anyway, you'll never get that double effective capacity).
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