Kearny Generating Station, a former coal-fired baseload power plant, now a gas-fired peaker, on the Hackensack River in New Jersey. Jim Henderson/Wikipedia, CC BY Grid operators rely on so-called ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Grid operators rely on so-called “peaker” plants to ensure they will have enough ...