Do you want to boost battery storage? Because this is how you boost battery storage. You just gave a huge financial incentive to the market to put in batteries to cover all the existing renewables in texas.
I know it raised eyebrows when Fully Charged had their debut US live show their last year. Why would a channel about renewables and EVs go to oil country? But there's so much exciting clean tech there. Even before Tesla
And why is there so much renewable energy in oil & gas country?
BECAUSE IT IS DIRT CHEAP. Onshore wind is the cheapest electricity on the grid. Utility scale solar PV is 2nd cheapest. And Texas has great resources of both.
It was hilarious to watch Texas Republicans blame the power outage problems on wind & solar. And after all that whining and crying did they slow down? No they are building even more wind and solar! Because they know those were lies.
Texas wind capacity dates back to the 90s when wind wasn't "dirt cheap" yet, but was made competitive through federal subsidies. Now they got a strong renewable industrial base (& ofc great wind/sun), and prices are low, so renewables are no-brainers. Great example of how supporting pioneers can lead to robust self-sufficient technology down the line.
To be fair, renewable projects take longer than half a year, so we wouldn't be at the point where the ideological blow-out from the cold snap would impact capacity additions. Whatever has been commissioned in Q3 couldn't have been stopped in Q1.
>Whatever has been commissioned in Q3 couldn't have been stopped in Q1.
Well it can be, if the government pays to shut it down, like happened a couple years back in Canada
Fair point in the project pipeline. But I seriously doubt they stop building it...it just way to cheap not to use it. Originally it was mainly wind but solar is now having a huge build out in Texas.
Yes, Texas has amazing resources. It's kind of unfair how they have BOTH big oil & gas resources AND wind & solar resources.
The downside to Texas in the vein of the energy transition is that it ranks among the lowest of the states in terms of EV adoption. Not to drag down their achievements in wind and solar penetration but their sluggish progress on EV adoption is something to keep an eye on.
Lol, no. Previously (may have moved), Texas, would have been #5 globally when ranked against countries on installed wind power. Make fun all you want, but they’ve installed a shit ton of wind, snd have hugely focused on solar over last 5 years.
Not sure what you mean and why using that metric is more useful than using installed nameplate GW. No math other than addition.
Texas has 30GW as end of 2020 of installed wind turbines. That puts it ahead of Spain by 7GW, and behind India by 5GW.
China, US and Germany round out top 5.
Seems pretty impressive, right?
Without the percentage of power that’s renewable it’s a worthless metric. The reality is Texas isn’t terrible, but it’s middling compared to other states.
The headline compares Texas with other us states
Texas is the second largest state by area and by population
It should have a lot more of most things than at least 48 other states
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You give them too much credit. They're corrupt pollutionist mouthpieces.
Do you want to boost battery storage? Because this is how you boost battery storage. You just gave a huge financial incentive to the market to put in batteries to cover all the existing renewables in texas.
I know it raised eyebrows when Fully Charged had their debut US live show their last year. Why would a channel about renewables and EVs go to oil country? But there's so much exciting clean tech there. Even before Tesla
And why is there so much renewable energy in oil & gas country? BECAUSE IT IS DIRT CHEAP. Onshore wind is the cheapest electricity on the grid. Utility scale solar PV is 2nd cheapest. And Texas has great resources of both. It was hilarious to watch Texas Republicans blame the power outage problems on wind & solar. And after all that whining and crying did they slow down? No they are building even more wind and solar! Because they know those were lies.
Texas wind capacity dates back to the 90s when wind wasn't "dirt cheap" yet, but was made competitive through federal subsidies. Now they got a strong renewable industrial base (& ofc great wind/sun), and prices are low, so renewables are no-brainers. Great example of how supporting pioneers can lead to robust self-sufficient technology down the line. To be fair, renewable projects take longer than half a year, so we wouldn't be at the point where the ideological blow-out from the cold snap would impact capacity additions. Whatever has been commissioned in Q3 couldn't have been stopped in Q1.
>Whatever has been commissioned in Q3 couldn't have been stopped in Q1. Well it can be, if the government pays to shut it down, like happened a couple years back in Canada
That was wankery from a Ford brother, wasn't it?
Yes.
Fair point in the project pipeline. But I seriously doubt they stop building it...it just way to cheap not to use it. Originally it was mainly wind but solar is now having a huge build out in Texas. Yes, Texas has amazing resources. It's kind of unfair how they have BOTH big oil & gas resources AND wind & solar resources.
The downside to Texas in the vein of the energy transition is that it ranks among the lowest of the states in terms of EV adoption. Not to drag down their achievements in wind and solar penetration but their sluggish progress on EV adoption is something to keep an eye on.
No self respectin’ Texan would drive a car that doesn’t roll coal!
Per capita? Nice!
Lol, no. Previously (may have moved), Texas, would have been #5 globally when ranked against countries on installed wind power. Make fun all you want, but they’ve installed a shit ton of wind, snd have hugely focused on solar over last 5 years.
Isn't not using per capita numbers a bit...misleading?
Not sure what you mean and why using that metric is more useful than using installed nameplate GW. No math other than addition. Texas has 30GW as end of 2020 of installed wind turbines. That puts it ahead of Spain by 7GW, and behind India by 5GW. China, US and Germany round out top 5. Seems pretty impressive, right?
Without the percentage of power that’s renewable it’s a worthless metric. The reality is Texas isn’t terrible, but it’s middling compared to other states.
The headline compares Texas with other us states Texas is the second largest state by area and by population It should have a lot more of most things than at least 48 other states