>From Jed > See: > http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/breaking-out-of-a-wind-ghetto > > QUOTE: > > Breaking Out of the Wind Ghetto > By MATTHEW L. WALD > > Saturated with too much energy from wind and water, the Bonneville > Power Administration, a federal agency based in the Pacific Northwest, > has been forced to look for outside help. For the moment its problems > represent an extreme, but experts predict that other systems will find > themselves in the same pickle as utilities build more wind machines in > an effort to reach state-mandated quotas for renewable energy.
... Fascinating account. Correct me if I'm wrong on this point but I'm under the impression that the eventual construction of what has been called the "smart grid" is supposed to help ameliorate these kinds of issues to a significant extend, am I correct? ? That, and, of course, developing more advanced facilities that can temporarily store vast amounts of excess electricity. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
