{"id":18408,"date":"2022-06-14T17:36:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T00:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?p=18408"},"modified":"2022-06-15T22:28:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T05:28:07","slug":"2022-06-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?p=18408","title":{"rendered":"2022-06-14 Calif Reached 100% Renewable Electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"
Originally an EarthDay.org article.<\/p>\n

They made 3 points.<\/p><\/div>\n

They said, <<California must still rely on fossil fuels to meet its energy demands.>><\/div>\n
The peak energy demands can be reduced by using a ‘smart grid’ where the grid has some control over the heavier demands. One example is residential HVAC and hot water. These can be shut down for a few minutes without any noticeable loss. Also those rooftop solar installations that have battery storage could join a VPP – virtual power plant where they bid on supplying electricity. <\/div>\n
<< Large-scale battery projects are essential to providing clean energy around the clock, allowing solar power generated during the day to be stored and used after sunset. >><\/div>\n
It should say “Large scale storage projects are essential to providing energy around the clock.” The type of electric storage doesn’t matter. About 95% of the storage is pumped hydro storage and it’s very large scale. There are plenty of sites that could hold a pumped hydro site.<\/div>\n
<< For California to achieve 24\/7 carbon-free energy by 2045, solar and wind projects will need to be built 3 times faster and battery storage expansion will need to be developed 8 times faster. >><\/div>\n
This storage speedup does not have to be battery. As I said above the storage can be pumped hydro. Since pumped hydro is generally a large scale project with hundreds of Megawatt-hours, it will take many battery storage projects to equal a single pumped hydro.<\/div>\n
https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2022\/06\/13\/california-reaching-100-renewable-electricity\/<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Originally an EarthDay.org article. They made 3 points. They said, <<California must still rely on fossil fuels to meet its energy demands.>> The peak energy demands can be reduced by using a ‘smart grid’ where the grid has some control over the heavier demands. One example is residential HVAC and hot water. These can be <\/p>\n

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