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New word I have learned today: Dunkelflaute, the dark doldrums where little or no energy can be generated with wind or solar power. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkelfl…
in reply to Alexandra Lanes

Wikipedia also teaches me about: the Duck Curve, the amount of power that must be generated from sources other than solar or wind. So called because it resembles a duck. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_cur…
in reply to kæt

@chiffchaff I think Pumped Storage wuld be a good name for a band.
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in reply to WOMUMP

@pseudomonas @chiffchaff (...bah, sad to see the Dinorwig visitor centre closed with no current prospect of reopening)