gas-fired power plants are very rarely used at full capacity. Data shows that the average capacity factor of gas-fired plants is consistently around 40% in the US and in Germany - so not that much higher than wind turbines.

I hadn't realised that... It's the killer argument against the "low capacity factor" criticism of gas.

Gas generation is good, sure. But you don't run it all the time because it's too expensive. So it's naturally complementary with wind, which is really cheap when it's available.

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