Post #1883150

2023-06-04 10:33 UTC

Addendum: I simplified things to the point where electrical engineers and battery chemists might feel physical pain. I have not talked about generator and battery chemistry inertia, active/reactive/apparent power, inverters being able to do both grid-forming or -following, genset synchronization, the dark art of black-starting grids, and lots of other stuff. I skipped this partly because I deemed it unnecessary to get the big picture, and partly because I know too little about it. I apologize.

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@sbi@toot.berlin 2023-06-05 12:51

Thanks for reading all the way down here! I am looking for a better job, BTW: https://toot.berlin/@sbi/110491545613352166

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@balpha@social.balpha.de 2023-06-04 14:49

@sbi Super interesting thread, thank you!

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@codinghorror@infosec.exchange 2023-06-04 18:24

@sbi it's very good!

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@SkipHuffman@astrodon.social 2023-08-14 17:47

@sbi one minor quibble. You use "fossil fuel" as a synonym for all fuels. Excess electricity can be used to create synthetic liquid or gaseous fuels for long term storage and feeding turbines.

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@baishen@mastodon.online 2023-11-17 22:07

@sbi Is there any benefit to using capacitors as well?

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@chrisnelder@mastodon.energy 2024-04-07 03:29

@sbi Well then, dive into this episode of @TransitionShow and worry about many of the issues in your thread no more. https://pca.st/episode/40f90684-ae24-4850-8c77-f6170bfef05a

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@f4grx@chaos.social 2026-04-05 06:55

@sbi but you are not apologizing for your gigantic anti-nuclear bias which is very visible. That is disappointing. Edit: ah you're from Germany that explains things. Meh.

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