One interesting point made during the public discussion concerned intermittency, that is times when alternative generation is not producing enough power to meet demand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turn Maine Blue - Front Page] Reference

Email a copy of 'Ongoing intermittency' to a friend.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Progressive on the Prairie » Blog Archive » Ongoing intermittency » E-Mail] Reference

What if the problem of intermittency is unsolvable?.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Kerry does a terrible job of representing Barack Obama on "Meet the Press."] Reference

It is, in its intermittency, mercifully short-lived.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference

Ongoing intermittency « A Progressive on the Prairie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ongoing intermittency « A Progressive on the Prairie] Reference

Using sunlight to make fuels also solves the intermittency problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

The intermittency problem has been more difficult -- for obvious reasons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Chameides: New Innovations, Funding Offer Vision of Powerful Future] Reference

Its intermittency, its lack of storability and its lack of transportability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

Wind and solar power are available -- at a high expense -- but suffer from intermittency.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Get the Biggest Bang for 10 Billion Bucks] Reference

If that pathway is intermittent, then the detection model has to allow for intermittency.    From Wordnik.com.  [more bender on Emanuel « Climate Audit] Reference

I think some of the confusion lies in how you said you ate higher carb during your intermittency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Protein Power verses Intermittent Fasting | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

That removes one of the big hurdles to even broader adoption of wind power: so-called intermittency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Battery Based Wind Power Storage in Minnesota] Reference

Factor in intermittency and all other things being equal the number goes up many many multiples of that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » More on Wind Capacity] Reference

The intermittency and load shaping limitations of the wind power drives up the all-in cost of power on the grid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Oil at $140 is Still a Modern Miracle] Reference

Indeed, our glimpse of the society of Bedfordshire in the seventeenth century is the more intriguing for its intermittency.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Reader, Second Series] Reference

Of course, we can't really power the world with wind alone because of intermittency -- basically, wind doesn't blow all the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Natasha Chen: Our Energy Portfolio: a Stanford University Panel Discussion on Fueling the Future] Reference

The sticking points have been how to efficiently convert sunlight energy into electricity and how to deal with its intermittency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Chameides: New Innovations, Funding Offer Vision of Powerful Future] Reference

The intermittency of the wind means the turbine generators need to operate at constantly changing output levels and the associated hit on efficiency.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Cape Wind Approved] Reference

The quantity of sewage disposed of will depend on the character of the soil, its porosity, the time of the year, temperature, intermittency of irrigation, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference

Yet it will be difficult for renewables to ever reach 25%, given their inherent limitations (intermittency) and, ironically, green opposition (no new power lines).    From Wordnik.com.  [Henry Waxman Has a Plan . . .] Reference

One aspect of intermittency is the load factor or capacity factor, which is the ratio of the output of a power plant compared to the maximum output it could produce.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy transitions past and future] Reference

Like wind power, solar power also suffers from the problem of intermittency, which means that it has to be backed up by conventional sources in order to avoid disruptions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Al Gore's Doomsday Clock] Reference

Fluorescence intermittency in single cadmium selenide nanocrystals.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpenWetWare - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Energy infrastructure must allow for the intermittency of wind power.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Engineer - News] Reference

Universal emission intermittency in quantum dots, nanorods and nanowires.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpenWetWare - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Second is the disadvantages that solar and wind power have in terms of intermittency.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

Its drawbacks, i.e. mainly intermittency, can be priced and taken into account by the system.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future] Reference

And each of these still has its own challenges-like intermittency or limited growth potential.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Public Media - Public Service Broadcasting For A Post Carbon World] Reference

Tyler: crf, To answer your questions, there's a difference between intermittency and reliability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clean Break] Reference

And in fact, plug-in hybrids should help with the inherent problem in using sun and wind, which is their intermittency.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New York Review of Books] Reference

Also, I got the feeling that geographical diversity of wind farms would reduce intermittency, both diurnal and seasonal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alternative Energy Stocks] Reference

So the solution to wind and solar's intermittency is to put a natural-gas turbine next to each windmill and solar panel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet Gore on National Review Online] Reference

Filling the reservoirs with wind energy and using it when needed means that the intermittency of the wind problem is resolved.    From Wordnik.com.  [planet.journals.ie] Reference

Goals of the project include learning how to use fast-response energy storage to help cope with wind generation intermittency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News from SYS-CON ITALIA] Reference

These may be the best candidates for non-fossil primary energy sources of the future-yet once again they suffer from intermittency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Public Media - Public Service Broadcasting For A Post Carbon World] Reference

The intent of the Notrees grant is to demonstrate how energy storage can help overcome this issue, often referred to as "intermittency.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Akins went on to say that "Solar and wind have lower installed per kilowatt costs, but higher overall costs because of their intermittency.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy Tribune] Reference