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Ercot issues Conservation Warning
- Thread starter CrazyRabbit
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It's good to know that Texas has a ton of solar projects in the pipeline.
attention everyone in texas, walk out side and start blowing with the wind...
still tight:
still tight:
nwdiver
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Major Solar Projects List | SEIA
The SEIA Major Solar Projects List includes ground-mounted solar power plants 1 MW and larger that are operating, under construction, or under development.
www.seia.org
Wind power affects climate – cooling and warming regions around farms, studies claim
Wind turbines take energy from the atmosphere and turn it into electricity: so we know they must have some impact on the atmosphere’s flow. With industrial grade turbines being built at a terrific rate…
theconversation.com
nwdiver
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Yep.... more than a bit of a stretch to call preventing cold air from settling to the ground 'climate change'.
Taking the ground temperatures measured by satellites, they detected a warming of 0.5°C at night in the region directly under the farm. This warming effect was local and small – the nighttime warming did not extend beyond the farm’s immediate neighbourhood.
That's not warming... that's less stratification.
the saga continues... ercot issues conservation warnings... and the wind isn't blowing 30-35 GW of wind is only producing 1.5 GW.... or 4 percent of installed capacity
good news is solar is working well, just need 4 times more solar to take the day time peak off the production curves.
good news is solar is working well, just need 4 times more solar to take the day time peak off the production curves.
EIA lists Texas as having 11.6GW of PV planned from 4/2021 through 2025, the large majority by the end of 2022.
1.1GW 4/2021 through 6/2021.
3.7GW total for 2021.
6.3GW for 2022.
Solar is still going to lag wind, but it will definitely take a sizable chunk of that daytime demand. Bound to have a significant impact on economics of other generation. The good news is that all its NG capacity can be spun up easily. Just need to keep the NG coming.
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nwdiver
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Yep. Texas needs a few more GW of gas turbines. And ~100x more wind and solar so they're almost never used then some demand response to reduce curtailment.... eventually some electrolyzer plants so those gas turbines can be run off H2 generated from all that wind and solar. How are you still confused by this? Where are you getting lost?
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mspohr
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Sweltering Texans urged to reduce cooking and cleaning to ease grid strain
As temperatures rise to unseasonably warm levels across Texas this week, its citizens are being asked to use less energy on basics like cooking and washing clothes to ease strain on the state’s power grid that is struggling to generate enough electricity to cope with the high temperatures. The move triggers memories for many Texans of the cold snap in the winter that incapacitated much of the state’s power infrastructure and raises fears that Texas – and other US states – are not prepared to deal with the extreme weather events that come with the global climate crisis.
Sweltering Texans urged to reduce cooking and cleaning to ease grid strain
As temperatures rise to unseasonably warm levels across Texas this week, its citizens are being asked to use less energy on basics like cooking and washing clothes to ease strain on the state’s power grid that is struggling to generate enough electricity to cope with the high temperatures. The move triggers memories for many Texans of the cold snap in the winter that incapacitated much of the state’s power infrastructure and raises fears that Texas – and other US states – are not prepared to deal with the extreme weather events that come with the global climate crisis.
nwdiver
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MontyFloyd
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I shall have many cans of beans and cooking pots ready to do what is needed for "wind" generation!
(might also power some gas power stations. )
I made a post how one can balance home energy usage, in case of power generation issues,
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nwdiver
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Looks like wind is saving Texans butts. For the ~900th time that's not what it's for but what's that old saying? Better to be lucky than smart or something along those lines? If you're getting 17GW from wind your operating reserves should definitely be >17GW.
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