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Old 03-03-2022, 08:49 PM   #689 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
A guess is that, during episodes when wind overwhelms the grid's ability to absorb all the power ( which has been reported at times ) they must curtail production as they've now 'over-wheeled'.
'Wireless' satellite communications would be a cost-effective way to communicate to each turbine, as no line-of-sight cell towers exist out at sea.
Grid-scale batteries may be swept into the void, storing the excess for other period.
There's no point to involve satellites when they have had over the mains Internet.
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