This is claiming that the grid will be overloaded, but that claim is contradicted by the latest figures that show the grid has use 1% **less** electricity. The following URL claims that the grid will not be able to handle the growing load. This would be true *if* the grid was the only source of
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There is the constant criticism fueled(!) by the Big Oil and fossil fuels industries that EVs – electric vehicles – are going to overload the grid. But this myth has been proven false by the latest statistics. The amount of electricity on the grid went down 1% according to the figures from the EIA. Furthermore,
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Very informative article about several things involving fossil fuels. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelbarnard/2023/12/02/most-pipelines-will-be-replaced-with-hvdc-but-rest-will-be-electrified/?fbclid=IwAR0KNFVVUjgqXL3xLMiKcELNHMz4YZZUgoUGQTd-lOx1xsiVXe1KEWtlM68&sh=caba8276118e
At the end he said “… keeping the grid in balance with millions of tons of spinning inertia.” Well, this is now being simulated by the electronics in the battery energy storage systems and other electronics. It’s called VMM – virtual machine mode. Soon, there will be very few thermal power plants left after all
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By this 2024 summer even lower battery prices. Battery prices collapsing, grid-tied energy storage expanding
Well, Elon never said it was a plan. He just calculated that there are about 750 watts per square meter at the latitude of the middle of the US. The solar panels are about 20% efficient. So 1/5 of 750 is 150. The US needs about 1300 gigawatts of power. So divide that by 150
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This is IoT internet of things. You can turn something on or off from anywhere. You can schedule it to turn on or off at certain times. Says, “…made my life 1000 times easier.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kasa-smartplugs-sale_l_65dcb876e4b0e4346d533b5d/amp
Reconductoring: The Quick Way To Double Grid Capacity https://cleantechnica.com/2024/02/24/reconductoring-the-quick-way-to-double-grid-capacity/
There is one issue that all nuclear plants have and that Sabine didn’t address, and that’s the huge consumption of water that all thermal plants have. Building nuclear or any thermal plants near a source of coolant water is necessary, and that can become a major conflict when most populated areas are also near water.
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30 Gigawatts! They say that that’s enough to power 18 million Indian homes. This will most likely be the biggest project in the world – for quite some time. It takes about 3 million solar panels per gigawatt, so if half the 30 GW is solar, that’s 45 million solar panels. The other 15GW would
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