Regarding storage: the batteries don't last the day for nothing. At noon, when we have sun, the photovoltaic panels produce massively (they can reach 3,000 MW, that is, more than half of the country's electricity). Then the batteries are charged. In the evening, after 19:00, the batteries inject into the network and can inject up to 630 MW (almost as much as a nuclear reactor from Cernavoda!). What will we rely on during this period? On coal production (for energy in the strip): we have the three groups of 330 MW at work, plus group 4 from Rovinari (which will be removed from the reserve), which together amounts to about 1300 MW. To this capacity is added the energy from hydro (approximately 1000 MW) and gas plants, such as CETs and the OMV Petrom unit from Brazi (which alone has 860 MW) and renewable production. How do we get into the practice of peak consumption in the evening? The voluntary reduction works very well. The factories that scheduled their revisions in August, the domestic consumers who agreed to move the large household appliances outside the peak hours are already bringing a vital economy to the system (about 200-300 MW). In extremis, we can call on additional imports from the Bulgarians, and Hidroelectrica can add about 300 MW from the reservoirs (normally kept for the winter). Related to the list of uninterruptible industrial consumers: factories and plants don't stop all the time. The national energy dispatcher is exactly like an orchestra conductor. His technical task is to permanently keep production equal to consumption. This list just gives him an extra safety tool. Large consumers are not disconnected from the chaotic network, but their supply is interrupted (strictly temporarily!) only in critical situations and mandatory on the basis of a legal notice of 24 hours. My intervention on Thursday, August 13, at Digi24
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