Peaker plants are typically natural gas, not coal. Coal plants are very large, v...

		tedsanders on April 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solar panels could destroy U.S. utilities, accordi... Peaker plants are typically natural gas, not coal. Coal plants are very large, very capital heavy, and cannot be adjusted as finely. (At least in California/USA. I can't comment on other parts of the world.)