06-16-2019, 08:23 AM
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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
you can see constant changes associated with PV arrays increasing and decreasing output (as well as "normal" grid variability) that the utility has to respond to on a second by second basis.
Yes, thanks for pointing that out geochem. It does seem like an inefficient system especially with fossil fuel powered generators constantly on in the background for immediate availability when cloud cover blows in and out over different areas of Hawaii Island.
It’s too bad Hawaii doesn’t have a steady more reliable basis for powering generators on a 24/7 basis, night & day, sunny or rainy. If only there were a heat source, some kind of geological thermal resource with little variability from minute to minute or day to day?
yeah, if only...