“The only hurdle to overcome is ‘mindset’,” Liu said. “There’s no technical challenge at all.”

“ I live in Denmark and just south of the border in Germany the coal power plants are ridiculous. Good coal power plants are on par with combined cycle natural gas power plants when it comes to the ability to ramp up and down.

There is potential for doubling average

coal

conversion efficiency – not that it will ever be deployed in greater numbers because it will

still be too expensive relative to wind and PV

.“

Source:

http://reneweconomy.com.au/2016/base-load-power-a-myth-used-to-defend-the-fossil-fuel-industry-96007?utm_content=bufferebfb2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer