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The Duck Curve

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If you draw a curve,
. . . that represents the demand for electricity over the course of a 24 hour day,
. . . the shape resembles a duck.
The duck curve has become more pronounced lately,
. . . in places like California,
. . . which often has more renewable power available than it can use.

Pintail Power's,
. . . Dispatchable Solar Combined Cycle technology,
. . . “Solar thermal energy, which can be stored cost-effectively in molten salt,
. . . can be used to boil the water.
The net result is that,
. . . much more solar energy can be productively used than in ISCC,
. . . up to 30 times more.
Because much more power is produced with the same amount of fuel,
. . . the fuel efficiency is dramatically improved over the conventional CCPP.”

12-8-2017 Source:  The duck curve


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