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Interconnecting Wind Farms To Smooth Power Production

Posted by Zonk on from the sounds-like-a-plan dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Wind power is one of the world's fastest growing electric energy sources, but as wind is intermittent, a single wind farm cannot deliver a steady amount of energy. This is why scientists at Stanford University want to connect wind farms to develop a cheaper and more reliable power source. Interconnecting wind farms with a transmission grid should reduce the power swings caused by wind variability and provide a somewhat constant and reliable electric power (or 'baseload' power) provided by other power plants."

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  1. Can we... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can we find some way to harness the power of Roland's blogspam?

    1. Re:Can we... by OverlordQ · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yup, just attach bit turbines inline with the intertubes that deliver the World Wide Mail.

      --
      Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
  2. Interconnected power generation systems eh? by hoggy · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only there were some kind of existing infrastructure to do this! A kind of grid that runs nationally and can be connected to by different power generation systems. Even better, what if you used the same grid to distribute power to those using it!

    Think of the possibilities!

  3. Re:WTF?? by dbIII · · Score: 4, Funny

    If I read the article right, this guy has no clue what he's talking about, or is completely misinformed. What does he think the national electrical grid does?

    We are talking about Roland here - a lot of his stuff is "just heard about something obvious - got it wrong slightly and just have to enthusiasticly share it with you."

  4. Beowulf cluster by mrbill1234 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow a Beowulf cluster!

  5. It's a bit like having a bunch of hamsters... by msebast · · Score: 2, Funny

    When you see a hamster analogy, you just know your dealing with quality journalism.