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Anti-fossil fuel mandates imposed by the California legislature is part of the reason there is a shortage of power in various areas. Rushing the transition with
by drak0n1c 6y ago
Anti-fossil fuel mandates imposed by the California legislature is part of the reason there is a shortage of power in various areas. Rushing the transition without enough alternative supply in place is a recipe for further problems.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-blackout-warning-11597606724 https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-blackout-warning-11...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2020/08/15/why-californias-climate-policies-are-causing-electricity-black-outs/#3a105e8c1591 https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2020/08/15...
- lykr0n 6y agoThe article states that there was no such shortage...
- makomk 6y agoThere was no such shortage if you only look at instantaneous figures and ignore the fact that a substantial proportion of the grid's generation capacity was in the process of rapidly disappearing due to a predicable daily process called "sunset", as the article does. See my other comment. I suspect the person you're replying to might be right.
- newguy1234 6y agoThey retired base load power (nuclear) and didn't replace it with other power sources that can provide base load. Instead everyone pushed for renewable only and opposed the natural gas power stations. Build 5,000 MW of natural gas peakers and this problem immediately goes away.
- jjoonathan 6y agoSo California has one-upped Germany: instead of replacing nuclear with coal, they're replacing nuclear with rolling blackouts. Ugh. And to think, if we just hadn't stopped building nuclear, we would already be rid of CO2-intensive electricity. Instead, we've barely begun, and we've only begin through duck-curve denial. Facepalm.
- khuey 6y agoCalifornia never had much nuclear to begin with. Only 2GW of capacity has been decommissioned so far this millennium.