Why is the capacity factor of the gas plant so low? Typically I’d expect low 90s. They probably get curtailed during the day when solar is working.
Another way to look at this... replacing a 100 MW gas turbine with wind and storage would require 500 MW of wind and 2000 MWH of storage at a cost of about $ 2 billion, and probably 10 square miles of land. That is for an average day. If you are a grid operator you know average means nothing. You’d really need 5 times as much storage to cover windless days and much more wind to charge it.
Lion Hirth is incredible. He will post the most ridiculously underinformed things and cannot bear challenge. His tweet on Energiewende is fine if you are pro the industrial decline of Germany.
We need as much energy from as many sources as possible to ensure humans flourish. Germany is poster child for what not to do.
Green Energy has never produced any net power to the user. Fossil Fuels have a long history of producing the power that we need.
“punched a straw straight-up milkshake-style into the ground and up he/she/they/ze/zir/attack helecopter gushed.” Made me LOL
great article GLF
Why is the capacity factor of the gas plant so low? Typically I’d expect low 90s. They probably get curtailed during the day when solar is working.
Another way to look at this... replacing a 100 MW gas turbine with wind and storage would require 500 MW of wind and 2000 MWH of storage at a cost of about $ 2 billion, and probably 10 square miles of land. That is for an average day. If you are a grid operator you know average means nothing. You’d really need 5 times as much storage to cover windless days and much more wind to charge it.
Lion Hirth is incredible. He will post the most ridiculously underinformed things and cannot bear challenge. His tweet on Energiewende is fine if you are pro the industrial decline of Germany.
Green Energy is a scam. An honest technical analysis proves there is no net energy from Green Energy projects.
Am I alone in thinking that windmills are not ugly eyesores?
They are silent white giants, they look rather beautiful to me.
When do environmentalists talk about refuge energy consumption bu eliminating planned obsolescence?
Fantastic article, and as a photograph myself, impressed with the demonstration... 👏👏👏