In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 7 Mar 2009 15:05:18 -0500: Hi, [snip] >I have read that with present-day distribution networks, wind can only >supply about 20% of the power, because of the intermittency problem. The [snip] I think that as more geographically distributed sources of both solar and wind are brought online, the irregularities will better cancel one another out, resulting in an increase in the apparent base load characteristics of the system. However this may require that the distribution system be updated, which is hopefully what the President intends with his new plan.
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