Are wind and solar cheaper than natural gas? Maybe not.
Tag: ERCOT
The Great Texas Blackout Revisited: Market Failure Not
Four years ago, Storm Uri caused Texas’s centrally planned wholesale electricity market (ERCOT) to buckle, vindicating warnings about the state’s wind/solar reliance. The mainstream media implicated natural gas instead, failing to explore the…
Restoring Sanity, Reliability, and Affordability to the Texas Electric Grid
With its grid overwhelmed by renewable energy, Texas is putting natural gas back in the game. The
Wind and Solar Resource Availability Fatal Flaw
Given the entrenched crony capitalists and special interests supporting wind and solar any shift in direction, even if necessary to protect health and safety, will be a tremendous lift.
Wind power output in Texas is trending down even as wind generation capacity increases
The reality that the wind is not always blowing where it is needed, even over very large areas, is highlighted by the fact that wind power in Texas has been…
In January Cold, the Texas Electricity Grid Held – Barely
The recent storm did, however, once again underscore the dilemma Texas faces with its current mix of generation sources.
Republicans Ignore “Climate Crisis” During Deep Freeze “Fueled by Global Heating”
Guest “When did The Babylon Bee take over The Grauniad?” by David Middleton I couldn’t make this sort of schist up, even if I was trying In the wake of…
Electric Grid Reliability: Texas vs. EPA
In the meantime, just the possibility that EPA will enact such sweeping regulations will slow investment in new power generation that all U.S. power grids need.
ERCOT Readies ‘Retired’ Gas Generation for the 2023/24 Winter Peak
From MasterResource By Ed Ireland “Much of the generation named by ERCOT as qualified under their latest RFP is generation units that were recently retired, many because they could not…
Wind Output Plaguing Texas (ERCOT weathers on)
Until sufficient utility-scale battery storage is available, which is unlikely anytime soon due to the cost of current technologies, the ERCOT power grid and all others will require substantial natural…
Texans Asked to Cut Electricity Use, As Wind Power Drops Off
Fortunately Texas still has plenty of gas generation:
Wind Fails Texas Again
This has placed a great strain on the grid because neither of these generation sources can be counted on when needed.
Limits to Wind and Solar on the Grid: A Discussion
“The dream of a solar and wind grid is collapsing very quickly as they are only profitable in a low penetration context.”
Gas Power Saves Texas from Blackouts, As Wind Power Collapses Again!
Without that gas power, Texas would have faced a catastrophe.
ERCOT Renewable Energy: Reality Check
Wind and solar are cheaper to build, but not when you take into account the overbuild and storage to fully serve the grid.
Classical Liberalism and Electricity: An (Unfinished) Exchange with Lynne Kiesling
It is time for fundamental free-market, classical-liberal reform with electricity.”
Hey Joe! How’s That “Incredible Transition” Going For Ya?
Guest “Incredible Transition” my @$$!” by David Middleton Does he even know what the initials EIA stand for? He wouldn’t sound nearly so moronic if he occasionally checked with the…
Blackouts… Because Climate Change! Blame Natural Gas!
Guest “They got it bass-ackwards, once again” by David Middleton Electricity operators must wake up to climate change — or brace for summer outagesBY ROMANY M. WEBB, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR –…
“Negative Electricity Prices and the Production Tax Credit” (2012 warning for Texas went unheeded)
The market distortions caused by renewable energy incentives are one of the primary causes I believe of our current resource adequacy issue… [T]his distortion makes it difficult for other generation…
Texas: Wind Fails, Media Blames Natural Gas… Again
Guest “Just a bit outside!” by David Middleton Plunging Natural Gas Supply Shows Texas Still Not Ready for ColdBy Gerson Freitas Jr, Francesca Maglione, and Sergio ChapaJanuary 3, 2022, 12:06…
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