Scrabble?! BASELOAD

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The base load on a grid is the minimum level of demand on an electrical grid over a span of time, for example, one week. This demand can be met by unvarying power plants or by a collection of smaller Intermittent energy sources, depending on which approach has the best mix of low cost and high reliability in any particular market. The remainder of demand, varying throughout a day, is met by Dispatchable generation, Load following power plants, and Peaking power plants, which can be turned up or down quickly, Operating reserve, Demand response and Energy storage. When the cheapest power was from large coal and nuclear plants which could not be turned up or down quickly, they were used to generate base load, since it is constant, and they were called "baseload plants." Large standby reserves were needed in case of sudden failure of one of these large plants. Unvarying power plants are no longer always the cheapest way to meet base load. The grid now includes many wind turbines which have such low marginal costs that they can bid lower prices than coal or nuclear, so they can provide some of the base load when the wind blows. Using wind turbines in areas with varying wind conditions, and supplementing them with solar in the day time, dispatchable generation and storage, handles the intermittency of individual wind sources.