The video below from Biopact shows how electrical power generation in Germany is changing. Germany is becoming less dependent on power generated in a few nuclear and coal plants to a set-up of many smaller biomass, wind and solar power plants feeding a central grid.
As the video shows combining different renewable energy technologies together from different geographical locations makes sense. Where solar panels in one side of the country may/may not be producing power, the likely hood is that another wind power station will compensate and vice versa. However the disadvantage with wind and solar as forms of renewable energy is the supply and demand of energy. The requirements of the national grid are constantly changing. Here in the UK for example at around 7.30pm when there is a break in a popular TV program, several power stations are turned on only for a few minutes to provide power as millions of people turn on their electric kettles for a cup of tea.
While the energy created by wind and solar is very important and should be taken advantage of, its lack of flexibility to meet instant changes in power demands is its weak point. Here is where energy from biomass has the advantage, as it can produce power on demand to fill in the gap in supply. The video shows biogas as one form of biomass energy, gasification is also becoming popular to generate power from biomass. Many small gasification systems along with solar and wind could connect to the grid to power the entire network.
Clear advantages of small-scale electrical generation is the distribution of work and revenue, and with biomass the reduction of low-density materials to large-scale central plants. It also helps to keep prices stable and reduce power outages. For instance if one large-scale electricity plant goes down this will affect thousands, with a collection of combined small-scale generators, large-scale power outages are less likely.
For small-scale gasification particularly, pellets are an ideal fuel that users could produce and sell to other owners of gasification systems. As pellets are a standardised fuel with constituent qualities, they provide the gasifier with consistent power.
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