[ajross]

> So you are comparing "any one gas plant", the output of which can be fully controlled, with "whole-grid measurement" for wind?

That was absolutely what I was not doing. That was a counterfactual presented to refute the grandparent, who was.

[laverya]

The source I linked has data for a few other countries, and crucially has "whole-grid" wind measurements for the UK. And the UK never went to 0 for a whole 30 minute reporting period! 99th percentile was under 2% of rated output, though.