Texas sets single-day wind power record
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Texas sets single-day wind power record
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Re: Texas sets single-day wind power record
#2Not strictly related to wind power in Texas, but reminded me how at the same time in Finland a few authorities recommended consumers to actually limit their use of eletricity "for the common good".
The main cause was increase in wind power capacity in the last few years (as there was practically no wind that day), coupled with very low temperatures and problems with buying electricity from Russia.
It's kinda scary how a developed, modern country is suddenly close to rationing the use of electricity.
Re: Texas sets single-day wind power record
#3The charts further down the page give one a more realistic sense of how much wind contributes as a whole. Natural gas dominates with 48% of power generated while wind is around 12%. It's tough to beat heat sources driving turbines.
Re: Texas sets single-day wind power record
#4For those who do not know:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Interconnection
Texas is the only state that has it's own power grid, owned by the state. The stuff they are working on right now, including massive distributed battery systems, solar, more wind, etc. will be the one of the most advanced renewable systems in the world given the amount of power and consumption.
It's awesome to see how as 'relatively' small grid, operating on their own, can make progress without all the bullshit. (See Nevada...that solar situation is so fucked up.).
Re: Texas sets single-day wind power record
#5Not strictly related to wind power in Texas, but reminded me how at the same time in Finland a few authorities recommended consumers to actually limit their use of eletricity "for the common good". The main cause was increase in wind power capacity in the last few years (as there was practically no wind that day), coupled with very low temperatures and problems with buying electricity from Russia. It's kinda scary ho…
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Re: Texas sets single-day wind power record
#6You can actually see it. Driving country (state) highways, from ,say, just west of Ft Worth, up to the border, hundreds of turbines. There's also a factory in between Ft Worth and Denton where, I believe, some pieces of the turbines are built and (I know) the larger section of the turbines are assembled. It makes sense as well, especially to the west, where wind is a near constant and there is nothing. Scrub from the central hill country to the border with New Mexico.
Re: Texas sets single-day wind power record
#7For those who do not know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Interconnection Texas is the only state that has it's own power grid, owned by the state. The stuff they are working on right now, including massive distributed battery systems, solar, more wind, etc. will be the one of the most advanced renewable systems in the world given the amount of power and consumption. It's awesome to see how as 'relatively' small…
I'm actually both shocked and surprised how quickly Texas is transitioning to renewables with their, ahem, political climate, but happy nonetheless!
Warren Buffet should be ashamed of Berkshire Hathaway's role in strongarming the PUC in Nevada in NV Energy's favor.
Re: Texas sets single-day wind power record
#8Not strictly related to wind power in Texas, but reminded me how at the same time in Finland a few authorities recommended consumers to actually limit their use of eletricity "for the common good". The main cause was increase in wind power capacity in the last few years (as there was practically no wind that day), coupled with very low temperatures and problems with buying electricity from Russia. It's kinda scary ho…
You don't have to limit your power "for the common good" (not that there's anything wrong with that), but then you have blackouts unless you're going to subsidize building out my generation capacity.
Re: Texas sets single-day wind power record
#9Not strictly related to wind power in Texas, but reminded me how at the same time in Finland a few authorities recommended consumers to actually limit their use of eletricity "for the common good". The main cause was increase in wind power capacity in the last few years (as there was practically no wind that day), coupled with very low temperatures and problems with buying electricity from Russia. It's kinda scary ho…
It amazes me how well the stuff works most of the time, considering that it's a ridiculously just-in-time system where production must match consumption on a second-by-second basis. No other industry is like this. I think we badly need good storage solutions to decouple the two sides.
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#10Its good to hear this from TX. I want to see wind installations grown, given how affordable land is.