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<blockquote data-quote="1krr" data-source="post: 2709161" data-attributes="member: 750"><p>Ahh got it. I know there are utilities (one in florida comes to mind but don't recall the name) that runs a wind/solar/NG combo for generation. If we could ever get to a unified grid without DC conversions to keep the phases in sync, I could see the western US powering itself and the east on good wind/sun days. What I think would be really cool is if we could code the controls required for distributed grid tied solar/wind and push some of the load out to idle home systems when peak demand spins up in the hot afternoons. Have them pay a reasonable access fee and still offer a net meter solution and these little systems combine with larger wind/solar deployments really could smooth out the curve where your large plants (be them coal, natural gas, nuclear, etc) could provide that base load and even idle down in peak production if they aren't needed. Then your multihomed multitechnology system is insulated from just about anything, financial or otherwise. Would be cool anyway to leverage all those assets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1krr, post: 2709161, member: 750"] Ahh got it. I know there are utilities (one in florida comes to mind but don't recall the name) that runs a wind/solar/NG combo for generation. If we could ever get to a unified grid without DC conversions to keep the phases in sync, I could see the western US powering itself and the east on good wind/sun days. What I think would be really cool is if we could code the controls required for distributed grid tied solar/wind and push some of the load out to idle home systems when peak demand spins up in the hot afternoons. Have them pay a reasonable access fee and still offer a net meter solution and these little systems combine with larger wind/solar deployments really could smooth out the curve where your large plants (be them coal, natural gas, nuclear, etc) could provide that base load and even idle down in peak production if they aren't needed. Then your multihomed multitechnology system is insulated from just about anything, financial or otherwise. Would be cool anyway to leverage all those assets. [/QUOTE]
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