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Shun the non-believer! But you're not wrong. These articles give false hope. Average capacity of an offshore farm sits at 40% annually in best case scenarios
by safgasCVS 8y ago
Shun the non-believer!
But you're not wrong. These articles give false hope.
Average capacity of an offshore farm sits at 40% annually in best case scenarios while a typical LNG plant would be what around 80-90% capacity. So you need to build the same LNG plant locally anyways as a backup and switch it on and off as the wind changes. How is this sensible?
Ok maybe you wouldnt need to build the additional coal/gas plant if USA had a good network to shuffle electricity across states but even with your terrible infrastructure everyone complains about you cant seem to get a basic spending bill passed to fix potholes, so these people think you're going to be building these trans-continental cables to trade electricity? No luck.
- gandreani 8y agoThey exist actually. For example, when California wind drives prices down to <0, it gets given away to nearby states (I think mostly Nevada)
- hueving 8y agoA wind plant that burst between not enough and too much is not the same thing as a constant source. Giving away energy to Nevada is an example of a failure, not a stable source.
- gameswithgo 8y agoif you insist on your limitations, they will be yours to keep.