Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Amid fossil fuel confusion last year, California announced plans to double down on its renewable energy fantasy.
California doubles renewables and storage in new emissions target
Joshua S Hill February 15, 2022
California, the world’s fifth-largest economy, is aiming to deploy an additional 25.5GW of renewable energy capacity and 15GW of new storage and demand by 2032 over the next decade as the country tightens its grip. emissions targets again.
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This equates to an upgraded Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) of 73% by 2032, with 86% of all generations being greenhouse gas-free.
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“I support the adoption of a lower carbon emission standard by the CPUC than previously approved, which is especially important when you consider the urgent need to rapidly reduce the economy’s emissions. California economy coupled with uncertainty in the calculation of carbon emissions in the CPUC modeling tools,” Mark Specht saysa senior energy analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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“Additional capacity from previously ordered zero-emission sources should be sufficient to ensure grid reliability and replace decommissioned fossil fuel generation and the Diablo Canyon power plant.”
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Read more: https://reneweconomy.com.au/california-doubles-down-renewables-and-storage-in-new-emissions-target/
California’s effort to increase its reliance on renewables comes after a major green energy breakdown, which prompted California to turn to natural gas to continue operations.
California, again, relies on natural gas for power
Via Scott Disavino and Groom Nicholas
November 5, 20218: 08 AM GMT + 10November 4 (Reuters) – California on Thursday said it would increase the amount of natural gas stored at a Los Angeles-area facility that suffered a horrific leak six years ago, the latest easing. of environmental rules to enhance energy supplies.
In a 4-0 vote, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a plan to increase the capacity of SoCalGas’ Aliso Canyon underground storage facility to 41 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas. said in a statement.
That’s about 20% more than previously allowed, but lower than the 68.6 bcf that CPUC considered in a rival proposal.
After years of limiting the growth of fossil fuel infrastructure, California is increasingly looking to natural gas for electricity this year after droughts and wildfires left it short of other options. stay active.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/california-looks-natural-gas-keep-lights-this-winter-2021-11-04/
I look forward to reporting on what will happen the day they switch from the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant to solar panels. I guess sometime around the twilight of the big day they will start calling frantically, asking about why all their cars stopped charging and posting their panic on social media .
Cell towers and remote website backup social network servers will both work for a while. Cell towers usually have enough backup power to continue operating for several days after a power outage. So we’ll have a few days to follow California’s example, before things go dark.
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