Somehow the wind is cheaper crowd never considers the cost of a coal plant that is essential but has a low capacity factor. No matter how many 4 hour batteries you install you still need the coal plant. That’s how power rates in CA got to $0.66 per kWh (San Diego)
You highlighted an important point toward the end of your article regarding the journalists who discuss battery capacity in terms of power W instead of energy Whr. The general public does not understand the difference. Those on the left, fanatically committed to renewables, capitalize on this ignorance. For example, when they talk about wind farms they typically mention installed capacity GW instead of generation GWh. This is an intentional form of obfuscation or lying by omission - since it is well known that capacity factors for wind farms are typically very low in the range of 25 to 30%. So just to provide a concrete example let's take Texas which has the most wind power in the US at 40 GW. Over the course of a year this produces about 100 terawatt hours TWh of energy. With a good nuclear power infrastructure you could probably get the same energy production with about 12 GW of installed capacity.
Some obfuscation is no doubt intentional, but I suspect a lot of it is from ignorance of the ones who promulgate it - they probably don't understand the difference between GW and GWh themselves.
Many of us involved in energy and electricity generation knew years ago that the “Green Scam” was not about protecting the environment. I hope it is not too late for voters to figure it out.
Those moving headstrong into what they perceive as the “energy transition” have achieved the true objective of control over everyone, while predictably destroying stability. Now reversal is going to be painful and more expensive than the mistake.
Thanks - great compilation of notes.
Somehow the wind is cheaper crowd never considers the cost of a coal plant that is essential but has a low capacity factor. No matter how many 4 hour batteries you install you still need the coal plant. That’s how power rates in CA got to $0.66 per kWh (San Diego)
You highlighted an important point toward the end of your article regarding the journalists who discuss battery capacity in terms of power W instead of energy Whr. The general public does not understand the difference. Those on the left, fanatically committed to renewables, capitalize on this ignorance. For example, when they talk about wind farms they typically mention installed capacity GW instead of generation GWh. This is an intentional form of obfuscation or lying by omission - since it is well known that capacity factors for wind farms are typically very low in the range of 25 to 30%. So just to provide a concrete example let's take Texas which has the most wind power in the US at 40 GW. Over the course of a year this produces about 100 terawatt hours TWh of energy. With a good nuclear power infrastructure you could probably get the same energy production with about 12 GW of installed capacity.
Some obfuscation is no doubt intentional, but I suspect a lot of it is from ignorance of the ones who promulgate it - they probably don't understand the difference between GW and GWh themselves.
Many of us involved in energy and electricity generation knew years ago that the “Green Scam” was not about protecting the environment. I hope it is not too late for voters to figure it out.
It’s not too late, it’s too early. But wait until we’re freezing in the dark. The voters will get it then.
I'm afraid you're right.
Those moving headstrong into what they perceive as the “energy transition” have achieved the true objective of control over everyone, while predictably destroying stability. Now reversal is going to be painful and more expensive than the mistake.