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The Challenge of Balancing Supply and Demand

The Challenge of Balancing Supply and Demand

Update: 2014-07-17
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While the government has adopted a range of targets for renewable energy and carbon reduction, there is still a lot of work to do to ensure the targets are met. Managing energy supply from variable renewables to ensure it meets demand is one of the key challenges in a transition to a renewable future. Because wind and solar power output is variable, new ways of balancing supply and demand are being developed. These involve a mixture of demand management, storage, backup from conventional power stations, and new grid connections to other countries.
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The Challenge of Balancing Supply and Demand

The Challenge of Balancing Supply and Demand

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