I live near a huge windfarm, but my electric company doesn’t offer wind power.
How is that windfarm plugged into the grid? Is the electricity market just shares and not about the actual electricity produced and I’m technically using the wind power? Or does the windfarm physically “plug in” somewhere very distant to me? Since the wind is pretty continuously producing electricity will I never be picked to be in a rolling blackout? How do you even have those energy saving planned partial grid blackouts when there’s windpower?
I feel like this post really embodies how a five yr old would ask questions. Any response to any piece of my questions is welcomed! Thank you
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In its simplest form you need input and some form of consumer. If there is not enough consumption when the system is fed it requires temporary storage in some form.
Turbines are somewhat flexible in the amount of their production as they can be switched to turn less fast for example and thus can be used more flexible than for example solar power.
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