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81% of new US electric-generating capacity. Not 81% of total US capacity.
by AnimalMuppet 3y ago
81% of new US electric-generating capacity. Not 81% of total US capacity.
- epistasis 3y agoThanks for the correction, "new" was accidentally dropped while trying to squeezed the original title into the allowed number of characters.
- gnicholas 3y agoI saw that qualifier also. Does anyone know what percent of total capacity will be new next year (or better, what percent of total capacity will be solar next year)?
- mjevans 3y ago81% of *new* capacity planned for *this year* Trends are often easier to understand from a rolling average or derivative. Electricity might also seem fungible but even near optimal conditions a rule of thumb of 1% power lost per 100 miles (~160km) of distance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power_transmission#Losses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power_transmission#Lo... Thus the value of any installations should be rated by their distance to loads and load capacity under typical operating conditions. Solar is probably a good pair against AC units. Base load plants are still desirable.