Dorothy Thompson, chief executive of Drax, told BBC News that biomass was the ideal fuel to balance variable wind power.
The NGIPS platform is critical for clean energy, especially variable resources like wind power and solar photovoltaics.
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And as we ramp up our percentage of renewable energy from variable sources like wind and solar, the need for this service is growing.
Google is testing a fleet of plug-in hybrids and software that would turn them into load-balancing tools for utilities flooded with variable power from wind and solar generators.
While this is the most widely discussed issue associated with variable resources like wind and solar energy, there are many other problems they can create for grid operators.
Today, however, the dominant wind is reported to have shifted and wind direction is more variable.
China has targeted procurement policies for clean energy, and a variable feed-in tariff for wind power.
The wind-deposited snow is variable, and the skiing is tricky.
At the time it appeared that the variable (inflation) portion of the rate would wind up being 4.60%.
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The draft legislation comes after months of debate and failed proposals, including retroactive cuts to investment agreements, a full halt in new subsidies for renewable energy projects and a variable tax rate on energy production that sank under pressure from wind and solar sectors already struggling to survive.
These alternatives are highly variable, with power generation going in and and out with cloud cover and wind gusts.
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That they are not including the cost of connecting wind power to the grid, the necessary costs of dealing with variable supply, of needed back up and so on.
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