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Comment Re:Except nobodies doing that (Score 1) 323

From your earlier comment "But it has limits in what percentage of our supply it can produce and not cause grid stability issues"

I have shown that it can get to 35% without causing those issues .

Is the cost for spinning reserve paid for by the current power stations

Assuming power demand has not increased and thus no new plants would need to be built normally.
(I.e Wind is replacing existing instead of instead of new)
The marginal cost of coal and gas appears to be 50-80 putting the wind about equal. (And for your spinning reserve well we have gas power that is no longer running due to wind)

Comment Re:Except nobodies doing that (Score 1) 323

As for the percentage limit

http://www.aweablog.org/blog/p...

with wind farms at one point providing 35.05 percent, or more than a third, of the system's power.

It's important to note that these new marks are being set without any utility system reliability problems, as system operators make use of their standard techniques for balancing supply and demand.

Comment Re:Except nobodies doing that (Score 1) 323

You mean the same spinning reserve for large changes in demand such as the ad breaks in popular shows as people make a cup of coffee or in case a large power station has a problem and shuts down?

Integration impacts are not exclusive to wind and solar. Nearly all generators can impose costs on the power system or other generators when they are added to the power system.
These impacts are seldom calculated as integration costs and never applied to conventional generators as integration costs.
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11o... (page 11)

Comment Re:Except nobodies doing that (Score 1) 323

Cost of nuclear station subsidy £96-£97 per megawatt hour
http://www.independent.co.uk/n...

Cost of wind
£100 per megawatt hour
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ear...

Cost wise they are about the same.

  Currently in countries such as South Korea and China, typical construction times range from 4 to 6 years
https://www.oecd-nea.org/press...

Construction time is usually very short – a 10 MW wind farm can easily be built in two months. A larger 50 MW wind farm can be built in six months.
http://www.ewea.org/wind-energ...

Add in the time for planing etc and wind is faster.

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