Factors taken into account are: low thermal efficiency at low power; cycling of back up generators; energy needed to build and to install wind
turbines; energy needed for cabling and net adaptation; increase of fuel consumption through partial replacement of efficient generators by low - efficiency, fast reacting Open Cycle Gas T
turbines; energy needed for cabling and net adaptation; increase of fuel consumption through partial replacement of efficient generators by low - efficiency, fast
reacting Open Cycle
Gas TurbinesTurbines.
And as demonstrated at the Princeton University microgrid, a natural
gas turbine generator can
react and respond quickly to an unforeseen voltage sag caused by a dense cloud passing over a 4.5 MW solar farm.