Comment by Leonelf
1 year ago
Wind farms often get turned off because there is too much Wind, solar is also often throttled. There is a lot of "lost" power that could rather find its way into batteries or H2-electrolyzers.
1 year ago
Wind farms often get turned off because there is too much Wind, solar is also often throttled. There is a lot of "lost" power that could rather find its way into batteries or H2-electrolyzers.
They get turned off to avoid damage in too much wind, not to avoid overproduction. We only have a few GW of installed solar capacity so it's not hugely important to the overall picture.
In the UK it's easy to see that Wind and CCGT plants operate in inverse of one another, when it's windy most of our power comes from the wind and the CCGT are switched off. And conversely when it's calm the CCGTs produce most of the power.