Reposted from NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW IT
By Paul Homewood
Just to follow up with yesterday’s post on the Texas grid, here are two charts for the entire US.
The first part shows how total demand grew by more than 100GW during the cold snap just before Christmas.
The second part illustrates how wind power is halved over a 24-hour period at the same time:
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electric_overview/US48/US48
This destroys the idea that the wind is always blowing somewhere and that all you have to do is distribute excess electricity across the country to meet demand.
And without gas or some other maneuverable source, how will that loss of wind power and increased demand be met?
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