Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Dec 17
th, 2020 at 10:23am:
Well - there is a base demand that never goes away... something like when everyone is asleep and the fridges run etc. Thing is - a base load varies from hour to hour depending on many conditions such as weather, lockdowns, time of day, day of the week, and so forth.
Therefore a base load can only be estimated for a specific time and is a constant variable, and the only way it can be monitored is to constantly review the actual use at any given time.
Given modern technology, that is not an insurmountable task.
Base load, however, functions within an upper and lower limit.... ergo - there is a need to calculate how to provide that base load at any given time of day or night, and to have a significant reserve.
Capisce? If we are discussing solar/wind input - obviously those are variable as well, so a constant monitoring process is mandatory with established backups that run 24/7, which, one day, may include mega storage from solar/wind. That's the aim anyway.
Now that wasn't hard, was it?
I think many get mixed up with Base load supply which is real and base load demand which is more tenuous.
I would think you could say that the base load supply number is designed to meet some expected base demand.
The Question is base load demand real ?
Answer who cares and why ?