Base station wind power supply performance is missing
How does demand affect wind power supply?As demand slows, the supply must be decreased. Because wind turbines respond to the wind rather than the grid dispatchers, they must be
The preferred source that wind power may replace on the grid is hydro power, which is already carbon dioxide free. If a conventional source is replaced, it may simply be ramped down or switched from generation to standby, in which mode it still burns fuel and emits carbon dioxide.
Wind power has no effect on base load. However, since base load providers can not be ramped down, if wind turbines produce power when there is no or little peak load, the extra electricity has to be dumped (e.g., into the ground) or the wind turbines turned off (”curtailment”). How does wind power affect peak load?
As demand slows, the supply must be decreased. Because wind turbines respond to the wind rather than the grid dispatchers, they must be treated like variable demand rather than reliable supply. The grid has to adjust supply in response to the fluctuations of wind power as well as those of demand.
Unlike conventional power plants, wind turbines cannot be “dispatched” in response to fluctuating demand needs. Wind turbines respond only to the wind, so their contribution to supply is . The wind may be high when demand is low, or vice versa.
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