Sentences with phrase «dispatchable generation sources»

Large price spikes immediately before and after mid-day periods when both utility - scale and distributed solar generation reaches its peak level suggest a need for dispatchable generation sources to help cover ramping periods, when the need for power from the grid to meet load is rapidly changing.

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Because of these existing dispatchable resources, California poses a less challenging problem than most areas elsewhere, most or all practical renewable energy sources are variable generation, and dedicated storage must be purchased for leveling power output.

The added costs imposed by intermittent energy sources like wind energy include the displacement of lower cost generation (e.g., natural gas), requirement of dispatchable backup generation, reduced capacity factors for conventional generation, increased electric price volatility, and decreased system efficiency.