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Euan Mearns on December 21, 2007 - 3:55am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

So long as you are above the demand profile, there is no real problem, you just sell your excess.

To whom?

Chris, I'm a fan of wind owing to its reported high eroei, but feel there are some significant engineering and market regulatory steps need to be taken to make this truly viable. This would include pump storage and balancing against gas fired plant. I also kind of like the idea of building a parallel HVDC grid for renewables that sits along side our existing HVAC grid.

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mididoctors on December 22, 2007 - 1:02pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Euan

Do you think these engineering and market regulatory steps can be accomplished within the 2020 time frame as announced?

Boris
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mdsolar on December 23, 2007 - 6:20pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Euan,

Sorry to leave this unanswered. I know of at least one electrical connection between the UK and France through the Chunnel. By 2040, France may be interested in excess wind power since their renewable development is somewhat hindered by their present reliance on nuclear power. You'll likely be seeing excess at about that time that you won't want to put towards industry all the time. So, the timing may work out pretty well. There are other places where you might want to build an 8 or so GW line for export. The lines on the Risk board look like a rough draft of what might be useful.

Chris

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