Flexible operation of fossil fuel power plants is becoming a hot topic in the energy generation sector due to the expected increase of intrinsically intermittent renewable technologies in the energy ...

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This meant different regions built their own coal plants to provide local “load following” — power used to balance out fluctuations from renewables — potentially creating capacity that ...