I’m far from being an expert on electrical grids but I know what’s happening in Texas is not good. A visit to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) dashboards page is enough to show me that. Texas, as many readers know, has gone whole hog with both solar and wind as electricity generators. Solar is a sometime daytime resource and wind is a famously fickle resource, leaving the stability of the Texas grid to the whims of Mother Nature, who is old and not necessarily sweet.
Alll the grids with net zereo policies in place are approaching a tipping point where wind droughts are an existential threat. Germany, Britain and South Australia are past the point and they keep most of the lights on (but not the lights of power-intensive industries) by importing power and deindustrializing.
Alll the grids with net zereo policies in place are approaching a tipping point where wind droughts are an existential threat. Germany, Britain and South Australia are past the point and they keep most of the lights on (but not the lights of power-intensive industries) by importing power and deindustrializing.
Five minutes to midnight?
https://newcatallaxy.blog/2023/07/11/approaching-the-tipping-point/