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ERCOT is urging electricity conservation today
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Wind is sucking bigly!!
Texas has 38,000 MW of installed wind generation capacity and today, the chinese made turbines were putting out less than 1,000 MW during peak heat of the day. By my calcs, that is 2.6% output compared to capacity.
We need to consider covering every square inch of earth in Texas with a turbine to meet demand.Last edited by Aggie07; 07-11-2022, 02:55 PM.
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Originally posted by RiverRat1 View PostLook how vast an area Hoover dam supplies power to. It's pretty amazing.
Someone calculate how many wind turbines it would take to equal the power generated from hydro from Hoover.
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Several years ago I saw a Documentary on a trash waste fueled power plant. I believe it was in Oregon. Our trash was the fuel for the power plant with little to no emissions. Trash heated a catalyst theat superheated and provided the "work" to create electricity. (I may have dreamed this idk) I thought is was a great idea. We wouldn't dump trash in a landfill anymore. We all know trash is in no short supply.
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Originally posted by oktx View PostJust found this on FB.
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Looks like ERCOT is saying we are in conservation level.
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Originally posted by Rwc View PostNoticed wind output yesterday was at approximately 5% around 4:30 p.m. That's allot of turbines sitting still during the peak consumption period of the day...........................but wind and solar are going to save the grid..............
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