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No this isn't how it works. Excess power cannot overload the grid. It is excess drain that causes problems. Adding wind power to the grid means there is more energy available to support peak usage times, reducing the possibility of blackouts or brownouts. Any extra energy can be sold or even stored.
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You're so clueless it's making my head spin like a wind turbine. They cannot store the excess power. They have to get rid of it. And if they can't sell it at a loss for a ridiculous price of around 2.5 cents per kw, they literally have to pay the US or other provinces to take it from them.
In fact, they have started paying wind turbine owners to NOT produce energy at certain times. I wish I could find a job like that. Pay me to sit at home and do nothing.
And it's not just Ontario getting hit by this due to the incompetence of Wynne and McGuinty. They are also experiencing the same thing in other areas, which I guess should make us feel a little better.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ene...ectricity.html