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Originally Posted by NameGoesHere
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed-in_Tariff
Baseload just means the plant operators would want the plant to be operating at full power all the time (because the cost was sunk into construction). Laws in Europe basically make all renewables de facto baseload plants, and they are sold as such. The Wiki classification is very generalized.
Edit: I cede that you can argue the point as what the term means is subject to interpretation, but the fact remains that the grid is balanced even when renewables produce more energy than expected.
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You could for example generate H2 when there is an energy production peak/ energy demand low. The H2 could be used for gas powerstations if production is low and demand is high. One could think of other such power storage strategies, like pumped storage power station (none of them are ideal, because there will be a lot of waste energy but it can help to even out the peaks, and give the energy grid some stability).