Just means some other existing asset has to turn down to accommodate. The sun came out from behind a cloud. What matters is can you deliver energy at peak demand time and peak demand time In New England this January, wind, solar and batteries combined were 2% of electricity going into the grid. Burning trash and wood was 3%. But yet we subsidize fossil fuels. But we're cutting all subsidies to renewables. How do we subsidize fossil fuels? (09:26–09:34)
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Asserts that wind, solar, and batteries contributed 2% of electricity in New England's grid in January.
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