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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwoForFlinching" data-source="post: 3262564" data-attributes="member: 24500"><p>Maintaining is always a problem. Even in our current plants. We produce energy to a grid. I can only speak of Lawton, but there are months when PSO pleads with people to curb electrical usage during the day from 2-7pm. To meet demand, I'm guessing they have to ramp up the output. So all this power flows out and it's gone. It's a use it or lose it thing. The problem with renewables like solar is the output efficiency. While it's higher than ever, it's still low. Wind and hydro efficiency is really high to begin with. 85% give or take. Wind makes power even in the most gently breeze. The bigger problem is saving the power, coal fired or green, they produce. Our grids aren't built efficient.</p></blockquote><p></p>