Balancing the energy matrix
The significant change in the profile of the electricity sector’s matrix, which is now incorporating (and increasingly incorporating) non-firm sources, has brought about a new need.
Rethinking the “mix” of sources.
How to meet market demand even with variations in wind and sun?
“Dispatchable” plants to meet this “new normal” need to be designed.
This is not a simple and easy challenge, since most plants are not designed for large variations in the load they serve. This new demand increases the cost of the matrix – of course!
It is more than time to face this new reality.
