Tag: electricity_supply_companies

Using I.T. to add green power to the network

Jun 20, 2007

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by

Tom Raftery

in carbon neutrality, cix, Climate Change, Global Warming

The problem with wind power is that its production is variable and difficult to predict. From the perspective of a power supply company, such a supplier is unreliable and likely to de-stabilise the power network. For instance, at 2am in Ireland, when the demand for electricity is near its lowest, if a 40mph wind is…