LARGE, INFLEXIBLE DESALINATION PLANTS COULD JEOPARDIZE CALIFORNIA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETS AND INCREASE THE COST OF BOTH WATER AND ENERGY. BETTER DESIGNED DESALINATION PLANTS CAN BE A GRID RESOURCE ENABLING RENEWABLE MICROGRIDS. Maintaining a balance on the electric grid used to be simple for utilities, just follow demand with turbine generators. The electric utilities had a monopoly on generation and were incentivized to build plenty of infrastructure, so there was more than …
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