{{tag>"grid power" grid power Electric}}
======Grid Power======

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oit8pzyqL3U|It's not what you think... it's worse. Sky high power prices are by design. Topher Project Ep 194]]

Bid Stack Electric Power System

^ Description                                 ^ Type                    ^ Response          ^ Inertia       ^ Capital Cost                                                 ^ Power marginal cost  ^ Power Stability  ^
| Nuclear %%(++++)%%                          | base %%+++%%            | Slow -            | High %%++%%   | High - - - - -                                               | Low +                | High %%+++%%     |
| Coal  %%(+++++)%%                           | base %%+++%%            | Slow -            | High %%++%%   | High - - -                                                   | Low +                | High %%+++%%     |
| Gas  %%(++++++++)%%                         | Base/Flex %%++++%%      | Fast %%+++%%      | High %%++%%   | High - -                                                     | High -               | High %%+++%%     |
| Wind  %%(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)%%   | Intermittent - - - - -  | NIL - - - - -     | NIL - - -     | High((Grid scale remote location power distribution)) - - -  | Low %%+++++%%        | Low - - -        |
| Solar  %%(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)%%  | Intermittent - - - - -  | NIL - - - - -     | NIL - - -     | High<sup>1)</sup> - - -                                      | Low %%+++++%%        | Low - - -        |
| Hydro %%(+++++++++++++++)%%                 | Flex %%++++%%           | FAST %%++%%       | HIGH %%+++%%  | High - - - -                                                 | Low %%+++++%%        | High %%+++%%     |
| Pumped Hydro %%(+++)%%                      | Flex Storage %%++++%%   | FAST +            | NA            | High - - - -                                                 | High - - -           | High %%+++%%     |
| Battery Storage Grid Following %%(++)%%     | Flex Storage %%++++%%   | FASTEST %%++++%%  | LOW -         | High - - -                                                   | High - - -           | High %%+++%%     |
| Battery Storage Grid Forming %%(++++++)%%   | Flex Storage %%++++%%   | FASTEST %%++++%%  | HIGH %%++%%   | High - - -                                                   | High - - -           | High %%+++%%     |

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