Interconnecting Wind Farms To Smooth Power Production 112
Roland Piquepaille writes "Wind power is one of the world's fastest growing electric energy sources, but as wind is intermittent, a single wind farm cannot deliver a steady amount of energy. This is why scientists at Stanford University want to connect wind farms to develop a cheaper and more reliable power source. Interconnecting wind farms with a transmission grid should reduce the power swings caused by wind variability and provide a somewhat constant and reliable electric power (or 'baseload' power) provided by other power plants."
Can we... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Can we... (Score:3, Funny)
Interconnected power generation systems eh? (Score:5, Funny)
Think of the possibilities!
Re:WTF?? (Score:5, Funny)
We are talking about Roland here - a lot of his stuff is "just heard about something obvious - got it wrong slightly and just have to enthusiasticly share it with you."
Beowulf cluster (Score:3, Funny)
It's a bit like having a bunch of hamsters... (Score:2, Funny)