Can Wind Turbines Make You Sick?

[joshcryer]

11. Goes to a substation with good peaking abilities.

Either natural gas peaking plants, some other storage method such as flywheels, hydro (which can ramp up or down as needed), or in the future Vehicle to Grid (electric vehicles sitting around not being driven being used to power the grid when there's intermittent).

You can see large power lines around solar facilities, such as the one here outside of Vegas. The one here is a mixture of CSP (concentrated solar power; using the suns heat to drive turbines to make electricity) and PV (photovoltaic, turns the sunlight directly into electricity). CSP can store the heat overnight and provide power when the sun isn't shining, not sure if the facility here does that or not.

Wind may have large power lines going to it in some places, mind you, I just never saw it. I think the ones in Texas do since they're relatively far from where there's demand.

edit: kristopher would have a better explanation, mine is tired, and probably inaccurate in places, I am winging it.