How green energy caused a real massacre in Texas. Good ecological transition to all
Wind turbine thawing by helicopter in Sweden
Texas power shortages in the midst of a polar storm left dozens of deaths, including an 11-year-old boy . With many electric heating systems this phenomenon was almost inevitable when the distribution network was shut down under tension due to a strong demand unbalanced by an equivalent increase in supply.
The problem is that, in the face of an increase in demand, there has been a decline in supply. All this blew up the distribution grid and left 15 million people in the cold. What form of energy has failed? Let's see the graphs:
At one point, since February 9, there has been a sharp decline in the input of wind energy into the system. The decline was around 40%.
At this point, fortunately, the natural gas turbines have been activated, certainly driving the ecologists who see CO2 everywhere crazy
Gas turbines run very quickly, but they too need to be powered. In the end, not even the gas was enough to meet the energy demand and the generation from this source also dropped, blowing everything up. Even though the Governor blocked the export of liquid natural gas, there was still not enough. A good move would be to stock up some liquid natural gas in reserve, but no one thought of such a disaster.
Traditional nuclear and thermal power plants also saw a slight drop in production, mainly due to problems with plants not set up for these sudden winter temperatures, but there were limited drops. The solar in the middle of the storm has disappeared, and then resumes working, but without continuity.
The solution for Texas?
- Prepare networks and systems for the cold extreme winter conditions
- Establish supply reserves
- Better connect the Texas state network
- Add solar with storage (storage is essential)
- Add more generation to natural gas
And for Italy? The ruling classes are in full hormonal storm for green energy. Too bad that these sources are irregular in production, solar and wind in the lead, and even hydroelectric can be extremely fluctuating. So, unless we decide to go back to nuclear power, the race towards the “Green” risks putting the stability of our electricity grid at risk.
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This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/come-lenergia-verde-ha-causato-una-vera-e-propria-strage-in-texas-buona-transizione-ecologica-a-tutti/ on Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:09:21 +0000.