Solar is saving Texas from outages

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floridafan

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A sweltering heatwave has gripped Texas over the last two weeks, pushing temperatures to 115°F in parts of the state—but its status as a new leader in the development of solar power has reportedly protected many in the state from a catastrophic loss of power.

But this month, reported The New York Times on Friday, "the lights and air conditioning have stayed on across the state," and analysts have linked the continuation of power to Texas's doubling of the amount of solar energy it's generated since early 2022.

While Texas has built its reputation in recent decades as a center of oil and gas production in the U.S., "solar is producing 15% of total energy right now," University of Texas research scientist Joshua Rhodes told the Times. The state now leads the nation in renewable energy, with 17 gigawatts of solar power operational this year.

The amount of solar power produced in the state is expected to double again by the end of 2024, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

Doug Lewin, president of clean energy consulting firm Stoic Energy in Austin and host of the Texas Power Podcast, toldInside Climate News on Friday that Republican leaders in Texas aren't likely to acknowledge that the state's solar power boom is helping residents to avoid blackouts.
 
In May, the total amount of wind power generated in the ERCOT system was just under 310,000 megawatts (MW), which is down 40% from the nearly 520,000 MW generated in May 2022, data compiled by Refinitiv of ERCOT generation statistics shows.

In the first 19 days of June, around 185,000 MW of wind power was generated, which is down 45% from the 336,000 MW generated in the same period in 2022.

Combined with a roughly 25% drop in power generation from coal, and a 6.2% decline in nuclear output, the slump in wind generation has left ERCOT's total power generation roughly 3% down during the first half of June from the same period in 2022.
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https://www.reuters.com/markets/com...tion-puts-texas-power-system-test-2023-06-21/

Not good, not good at all.
 
floridafan said:
You cant deny that Texas is a leader in renewable energy and it's becoming a larger part of their electric generation. Could this be the same solar power that you hate and despise, what you pretend doesn't work. You are a fucking loser again, handjob.
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Texas power has long had massive problems, and is getting worse...not only do they have less energy bottom line but they also have less control over when the energy is produced, which is why the alarms are being sounded.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Texas power has long had massive problems, and is getting worse...not only do they have less energy bottom line but they also have less control over when the energy is produced, which is why the alarms are being sounded.
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Read my story, handjob. Renewable energy is important to Texas and growing. They are the number 1 state
 
Tinkerpeach said:
None of this would even be an issue if they built a couple of nuclear plants

Everyone could run their air 24/7
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They take billions of dollars and decades to build. They break too. In Texas, some wealthy people running corporations would run them and they would control the energy to maximize profits. They would cut safety and delivery to make more money.
 
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