On 23/03/2012 1:10 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_South_Australia
1.2GW of ultimate capacity offsets a gas-fired power station.
I'm not sure that is quite correct. If you build a 1.2GW peak load gas
fired power station you fire it up and it goes on line. The wind - not
so much.
Try getting permissions to build that power station these days. Then,
look at the cost of building it and the returns it gets and why every
energy company in the world is trying not to build more. I recommend
some reading in to the topic of Demand Response. A startling statistic
for you: Out of the roughly 8800hrs in a year, just 48 hours of those
are responsible for 30% of the power company's costs - all associated
with those peaker plants.
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