Iowa has the highest percentage share of wind energy of any state. However Texas gets much more Megawatts of wind. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02gXQiZJUiaWDaPbxe7m9QcuWCxwbK8tyG2w6CcBe8SHqQfJLFWV7JwrXS9Yujgbrxl&id=100093822948697&post_id=100093822948697_pfbid02gXQiZJUiaWDaPbxe7m9QcuWCxwbK8tyG2w6CcBe8SHqQfJLFWV7JwrXS9Yujgbrxl&mibextid=CDWPTG
Archive for the ‘generation’ Category:
2026-02-24 Planned Coal Retirements Last Year Totaled 8.0 Gigawatts. Only 2.6 Gigawatts Actually Shut Down.
Planned coal retirements last year totaled 8.0 gigawatts. Only 2.6 gigawatts actually shut down. Why did the U.S. Department of Energy step in? Because reliability warnings are getting louder. In its latest assessments, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) warns that large portions of the Midwest face a high risk of electricity shortfalls during
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2026-01-13 The End Of Coal Power By 2035
Being replaced with renewables plus battery storage. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0bBkfMKyqZsjyQMPuNQJr2XzrtdhhPk3CVm8WRFn89T3zdtci6oQwn3Mm5tHvb7fLl&id=100050608264103&post_id=100050608264103_pfbid0bBkfMKyqZsjyQMPuNQJr2XzrtdhhPk3CVm8WRFn89T3zdtci6oQwn3Mm5tHvb7fLl&mibextid=CDWPTG
2026-01-13 Cost Of Power – US Dollars Per Megawatt
Graph showing drop in renewables over the last decade or so. https://www.facebook.com/100083516882613/posts/pfbid029T4wi3N5BUTjGarpzSCddu4E3vEA5S1Hxdd8D1X3ZYHWGbSvYYdmR9JTdXmZKjzRl/?mibextid=Nif5oz
2026-01-13 Nuclear Power’s $1 Trillion Problem – Expensive Decommissioning Can Take Decades
It’s a 15 min. video partly in German without translation. From DW Planet A.
2025-12-06 Eland Solar Plus Storage Project – LADWP
https://mayor.lacity.gov/news/las-clean-energy-future-mayor-bass-opens-one-countrys-largest-solar-battery-energy-storage?fbclid=IwVERTSAOkWaNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR747xHLoapNs8SAzi9HXK6OVbpVu40Pcwf-meT9812tpLZe5o5QDHGRZ0Ha1A_aem_493ztAAb8afso1LNrk4dBw
2025-11-13 Grid Forming Vs Grid Following Inverters – Engineering With Rosie
This video is important because it shows that the electrical engineers’ claims that the grid must have rotating inertia has been superceded by electronics and software – grid forming inverters. Starting at about the 10:00 point she tells us about grid forming inverters as opposed to rotating inertia such as synchronous condensers. In the last
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2025-11-09 There Are Enough Parking Lots To Generate 1.5 Terawatts With Solar
Links to a few good articles about rooftop or car parking lot solar. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02pKEnCKUbJ26vWPDzUFaC8KPRnEeX5GzF9rnCYRTgXfh9yTNg2c41ARo6NN7B3Wzfl&id=100050608264103&post_id=100050608264103_pfbid02pKEnCKUbJ26vWPDzUFaC8KPRnEeX5GzF9rnCYRTgXfh9yTNg2c41ARo6NN7B3Wzfl&mibextid=Nif5oz
2025-10-28 Wind, Solar Generate More Power Than Coal
For the first time wind and solar generate more than coal. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02z6aUuR6Ak22gyd4Qm3jVSU8h46wXXEq4sgTpQmELm8g55MSveg3rKy48JGe6qiSCl&id=100064405640816&post_id=100064405640816_pfbid02z6aUuR6Ak22gyd4Qm3jVSU8h46wXXEq4sgTpQmELm8g55MSveg3rKy48JGe6qiSCl&mibextid=Nif5oz
2025-09-11 China Is Rapidly Electrifying Transport, Heating, Industry
China is rapidly replacing fossil fueled generation with wind, solar and battery storage. China’s cities have had extremely bad air pollution and millions of premature deaths caused by the poor air quality. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0A95bJkVFSCeJNYVxwTmSZMpuD7mAyT64FAbbatsN7bSrpoUxBCj3oSm3i8N6NLTWl&id=100050608264103&post_id=100050608264103_pfbid0A95bJkVFSCeJNYVxwTmSZMpuD7mAyT64FAbbatsN7bSrpoUxBCj3oSm3i8N6NLTWl&mibextid=6yaNxA
