'Catastrophic grid failure' a possibility for Texas solar/wind/battery storage

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Re: 'Catastrophic grid failure' a possibility for Texas solar/wind/battery storage

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Post by cranky908canuck » Thu, May 02, 2024, 4:40 AM UTC

0xBDB wrote: post #67

cranky908canuck wrote: post #48

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This doesn't seem to be getting the exposure it deserves --- please give links, I'd like to see! You seem to be implying that "the featured article" [1] is not giving that exposure (which is my sense as well). [1] looking for the shorthand for the original link that started the discussion, thinking that 'TFA' is correct, is this in the HN FAQ?

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/battery-storage-texas-relia... It appears (not an expert) that Texas leads the country by such a margin in renewables that increasing battery storage an order of magnitude in 3 years was sort of a drop in the bucket.

Could be. The emerging picture (from some observers (including me, but I'm just one opinion) seems to be to build out like heck, then deal with the 'overproduction' using storage and markets. Storage can be things like smart hot water heaters, deferrable loads, local residential batteries, residential EV charging, etc...

Re: 'Catastrophic grid failure' a possibility for Texas solar/wind/battery storage

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Post by cranky908canuck » Thu, May 02, 2024, 4:43 AM UTC

danans wrote: post #61

deviantbit wrote: post #49

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One would think, but Biden is looking at imposing a 30% excise tax on crypto miners. This is directly targeted at Texas, to slow further development and growth in that state. Crypto has been one of the largest drivers for renewable energy in Texas, and now they want to put a dagger in it. Investors are watching closely at putting any money into the grid because of the Biden administration. If that tax goes into effec…

> One would think, but Biden is looking at imposing a 30% excise tax on crypto miners. This is directly targeted at Texas, to slow further development and growth in that state. It's not about targeting Texas. It's because the economic value returned to society (in GDP, jobs, etc) from the energy consumed by crypto is less than for energy consuming activities like manufacturing, especially considering the environmenta…

I'm really crypto-sceptic, but perhaps if cryptomining can be used as the next-best thing to massive resistors to stabilize solar/wind, maybe there's a use for it!

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