Wednesday, August 15, 2012

RWE's 2,200 MW coal-fired power station officially begins operations in Germany

My skepticism about intermittent renewables being more suited to a match with natural gas than coal is not diminished by this story on Germany's latest power plant.

RWE's 2,200 MW coal-fired power station officially begins operations in Germany:
Ever since the early design phase of these units, RWE has placed great emphasis on the rapid responsiveness of the plant. Each unit can modify its output by a good 500 MW in just 15 minutes; with a total capacity of 1,000 MW at its disposal, it produces more than 400 wind turbines can, and at a speed that rivals the very latest gas-fired power plants. 
Read the entire article at Penn Energy:

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