Reposted from NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
By Paul Homewood
Simply to observe up yesterday’s publish on the Texas grid, listed here are two charts for the US as an entire.
The primary present how whole demand rose by greater than 100GW through the chilly spell simply earlier than Christmas.
The second illustrates how wind energy halved within the area of 24 hours on the similar time:
https://www.eia.gov/electrical energy/gridmonitor/dashboard/electric_overview/US48/US48
This destroys the concept that the wind is at all times blowing someplace, and that each one you need to do is distribute surplus energy across the nation with the intention to meet demand.
And with out gasoline or another dispatchable supply, how would that lack of wind energy and surge in demand have been met?
