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worstcaseeng.bsky.social • 33 days ago

Almost like shutting the old nuke plants was a stupid, short sighted idea in the first place

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demonhelp.bsky.social•33 days ago

Yeah… like how could they not foresee drawing Monalisa in Picasso style needs 100x baseload power

worstcaseeng.bsky.social•33 days ago

Even setting the AI problem aside, until all the coal and gas is gone and we're installing syncons at scale we still need the inertia

demonhelp.bsky.social•33 days ago

gas will be around for a while… and batteries and inverters can help stabilize at a lower price

worstcaseeng.bsky.social•33 days ago

- gas is much lower inertia and doesn't provide any when it's not running
- no they can't

What I'm talking about when I say inertia IBRs are physically incapable of providing

demonhelp.bsky.social•33 days ago

Inertia to absorb volatile loads and make sure the grid runs at 50-60hz? Or u mean something else?

laughlax.bsky.social•33 days ago

Not just volatile loads; also contingencies like a big generator tripping offline.

Inertia is the actual physical connection between frequency and gen-load imbalance. Without enough of it, even the fastest IBRs can't respond in time to arrest falling (or rising) frequency.

johnsmillie42.bsky.social•33 days ago

Almost!

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