Europe shows the way to a new energy future– During the 41 days from August 1 to September 10 the European wind fleet had an average hourly output of 39.5 GW. Capacity is 255GW, so European wind had an average 15.5% capacity factor during that period.
Geez, can’t imagine that happening. Sounds pretty familiar.
Apparently Germany has finally figured out that coal is the answer.
Unfortunately, woke people look at these types of charts and see very different solutions than we do.
When we see the gap between supply and demand due to intermittent power, we understand that the solution is more reliable baseload power. When the woke see the gap between supply and demand, they think the solution is to decrease demand so intermittent power sources “work”.
Very different realities. Different worlds. Reality vs Fantasy, imo.
Decrease OTHER PEOPLE’S demand.
Back in the day when I ran a small industrial concern with 3 phase power, part of the power bill was based on peak demand. Why isn’t half the payment to solar and wind electrical suppliers based on minimum supply?
Because at the time the first push for “green energy” occurred, the connected wouldn’t want to get paid based on minimum supply?
The solar and wind was also given priority sales even over the baseload units, which of course harmed the baseload suppliers, because they were expect to shed supply first, which in the case of certain suppliers decreased their efficiency substantially, raising their prices.
All of this was political decision, rather than an engineering decision.
2800 MW of installed wind here in the Pacific NW. For the past 3 days wind generation has been nil.
https://transmission.bpa.gov/Business/Operations/Wind/baltwg.aspx
We could double installed capacity, but 5600 * 0 = 0 when the wind doesn’t blow, which it typically doesn’t during periods of extreme hot / cold when we need generation the most.
Is this a great business model or what?
https://nitter.net/BjornLomborg/status/1700919134681227392#m
Pretty calm here in southern Alberta, today..
I would find this hilarious:
Someone in the private community invents a clean form of efficient and environmentally friendly energy. Then, that same person encrypts his patent submission as a tease. The patent, of course, wouldn’t be realized (which wasn’t the intention). And, if it had, the Federal Government has the ability (since 1949) to declare eminent domain on any patent filed. But, the very fact that such a process exists and no one can use it because they can’t make sense of the submission while strong anecdotal evidence existed suggesting that this new form of energy was indeed real would be awesome. The enviro nitwits would be beside themselves.
The icing on the cake would be if the inventor drove around in a huge gas guzzling HumVee and told every interviewer that Climate change was bullshit. You’d have to carry an umbrella around to protect yourself from exploding heads.
Barf.. They exaggerate the solutions to climate change almost as much as the exaggerate climate change itself.. One hand washes the other.. While the fail is obvious for anybody willing to look the FREE MONEY is still hanging overhead like a overstuffed piñata..
It would be a shame for somebody else to get it :).. Save the world and all that BS..
The idealogues will double-down to the bitter end.
They have no choice. The various parties that mandated the purchase of carbon credits neglected to include a hold harmless agreement in the purchasing language. Should climate change be proven beyond a doubt to be non-anthropomorphic in the future, those parties are subject to fraud.
Hey, Jenn: again & again & again. And not just in Canuckistan. The world over…
https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/news/hermanville-pei-wind-farm-faced-with-year-long-repairs-100890912/
PEI paying the cost for repairs?? Not quite going to plan.
The problem isn’t the average output or the Commies’ solution would be true; just build more pinwheels.
The real problem is the intermittency; all that spiky up and down on the graph. That destabilizes the grid and is why every windmill installation requires spinning reserve to jump in and cover the drops.
Whirligigs require two systems: pinwheels and reliable spinning reserve backup. Why not skip the unreliable, intermittent part and just use the reliable spinning reserve?
[In my best Mr. Rogers’ voice]
Can you say “Graft, corruption, cronyism, kickbacks masked by a false ‘Save The Planet’ narrative?” I knew you could.