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Environment & Energy

american_ideals

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1. Brattle is a bit mercenary

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 12:38 PM

Jun 2017

I love the environment and hate what GOP is doing to it to enrich the wealthy.

But be a bit careful here. Brattle is a mercenary consulting firm who will write nearly anything for money.

Baseload does have some value. Smart grids might be able to rebalance, but the bigger environmental issue is flexibility.

Flexibility to turn on or off with demand has value.
If your peak demand happens when it's cloudy, you need to meet demand from some other generation capacity.
Storage is potentially the answer.

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New Brattle study touts flexible grid, dismisses 'baseload' hype [View all] kristopher Jun 2017 OP

Brattle is a bit mercenary american_ideals Jun 2017 #1

I don't understand the point of your remarks kristopher Jun 2017 #2