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re: ERCOT urges users for conservation

Posted on 8/30/23 at 6:41 pm to
Posted by Mr Gardocki
Member since Jul 2023
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Posted on 8/30/23 at 6:41 pm to
asshats
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
37638 posts
Posted on 8/30/23 at 7:40 pm to
quote:

Per the San Antonio Express News, the warnings are mainly the results of failures at goal- and gas-fired plants.


Ercot source capacity and availability chart



Eta:
shite, I did my numbers even more wrong. Solar and wind were even worse than what I said.

NatGas is at >90% summer capacity, yet you’re trying to blame this blackout on that?

Wind and solar are less than 25% of summer capacity, well below max capacity. Why the hell do we want to put such a large % of our power generation into the hands of such unreliable sources again?
This post was edited on 8/30/23 at 9:50 pm
Posted by Dickaroos
Nunya
Member since Feb 2013
485 posts
Posted on 8/30/23 at 8:40 pm to
frick em
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
6565 posts
Posted on 8/30/23 at 8:46 pm to
I don't think it's an accident that they put 84% of generating capacity near the bottom of the chart.
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