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jhbruhnyesterday at 5:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

Good luck modulating nuclear power plants when there is a lot of cheap renewable energy available.


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nkmnzyesterday at 6:41 PM

There's no technical need to do that, because someone who can always deliver electricity would be able to struck contracts with those that always need it, i.e. heavy industry, esp. aluminum and chemistry. The reason why downregulation was necessary in the 2000s and 2010s was regulation ("Einspeisevorrang"), not technology.

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sazzyesterday at 5:19 PM

...because you don't have to modulate renewable energy?

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