Soldato
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which is precisely why having localised, relatively small generation is surely better.doesnt the grid need to be load balanced? and also kept within frequency, thought that would require a lot more infrastructure to keep things from going pete tong and major transformers from blowing up (which take years to replace afaik).
but on top of that it is also why storage is so important as well as agile or time of use tariffs to encourage us to charge our cars and run the tumble drier when the grid has the most excess and only use essentials when it is under load (or generation is low)
and ultimately, whilst you can do so much with the good will of the people, ultimately money talks and so giving carrots of cheap energy and sticks of very expensive energy at different times is an environmentally friendly way of balancing the grid.
(then with storage, and finally as a case of last resort, curtailment of turbines). At the moment there is too much curtailment and not enough intelligent use of energy imo... tho finally other companies are starting to offer products like octopus have been doing for a while)**
**yes i know economy 7 was a thing years ago but intelligent octopus and Agile are far better products. of course then you have the problem with people refusing smart meters.... which is up to them, but then they dont get to moan if their energy cost rockets.
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