The truth is that integrating increasing amounts of solar and wind is complicated, expensive and poses reliability risks.
Category: The Grid
Addressing Wind/Solar Instability: Hardwiring the Grid
…and there were predictions that Texas was going to be in trouble
Reality Versus The Tesla Energy Report, Part II
Basically the entire idea that these geniuses have come up with is to build lots and lots of wind turbines and solar panels.
Breakthrough! A Big Utility Says Net Zero May Not Be Reliable
The good news is that Dominion finally admits that the net zero VCEA might not work.
Column: The Humanitarian Horror That ‘Electrify Everything’ Would Unleash
‘Electrify everything’ is a barbaric and stupid concept that, if even partially adopted, will outright kill large swathes of humanity when harsh weather strikes.
Australian renewable energy transition. Part 3
The known solutions are expensive, but the renewable sector doesn’t want to pay for them – their mantra remains that renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels so the others should…
Power Transformer Shortage is Wreaking Havoc in the U.S.
DOE and Commerce also warned that transformer supply is a national security issue — even without the added pressure of a clean energy transition.”
Australian renewables integration. Part 2
The authors believe it is most likely that costs will increase significantly and reliability will degrade considerably even if they do a great job of implementing all the planned changes.
Reliable vs. Intermittent Generation: A Primer (Part II)
“IVREs are inherently unreliable. One cannot demand that the wind blow or the sun shine. Industrial wind power and on-grid solar is not cheap but expensive, duplicative, and parasitic.”
Grid Capacity Issues Threaten Net Zero
But the scheme has been thrown into doubt after the National Grid said it cannot connect the facility to the electricity network until 2031 at the earliest, when capacity upgrades…
New York Independent System Operator Information for Policy Makers
In the political climate of Albany it is not clear how to get policy makers to consider the risks of ignoring the issues raised.
How FERC can protect the grid from wind and solar
The basic idea is very simple; do not add renewables without sufficient backup.
California Dreaming
A grid that is wholly dependent on batteries would put California at the mercy of China’s monopoly of batteries and the raw materials that go into them.
We Must Demand a Demonstration Project of a Mainly Renewables-Based Electrical Grid
Nobody would be happier than me to see a demonstration project built that showed that wind and solar could provide reliable electricity at low cost.
Wind Turbines out Northwest
Kevin Kilty On February first I attended a Wyoming Public Service Commission (PSC) meeting regarding public need and public convenience (PNPC) of a purchase and construction of electric generation and…
Why Installing Pollock-Breaching Wind or Solar Is Costly and Wasteful
The Pollock limits on the amount of wind or solar power that may be installed in a given grid without disproportionate increases in cost and waste
Ross Clark: The National Grid is falling apart thanks to Net Zero
We’re left with demand management to keep the lights on – rewarding the rich at the expense of the poor, and all using taxpayer funds
Academics and the Grid Part 3: Visionaries and Problem Solvers
How might one seek to turn the economic and reliable grid into a costly, complicated system prone to blackouts? Discarding dependable generators and replacing with asynchronous intermittent technology would be…
Academics and the grid. Part II: Are they studying the right things?
discussing remote hopes and ignoring huge obstacles will lead to increased likelihoods of greater costs, worsening reliability and eventually unbearable blackouts.
Academics and the grid Part I: I don’t think that study means what you think it means
Recognizing the difference between what theory suggests and practical knowledge demonstrates is critical.
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