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So why are they keeping it open?

• toomuchtodo 3y ago
  Carbon emission reduction until firmed renewables (renewables + batteries) replace that generation. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-finalizes-11-billion-credits-california-nuclear-plant-2024-01-17/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-finalizes-11-billion-cre...
  • rayiner 3y ago
    When are we getting the grid scale batteries that can even get through the night without requiring natural gas?
    • toomuchtodo 3y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40046144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40046144 Take a look below at how much battery storage discharging (purple) offsets natural gas (maroon) after the sun sets in California on the hourly electricity origin graph. Not much further left to go at current battery deployment trajectories. Conveniently, Tesla’s Megapack manufacturing facility is in Northern California, speeding deployments in state. https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-CAL-CISO https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-CAL-CISO https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/images/2024.02.15/chart2.svg https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/images/2024.02.15/chart2.s... (draw attention to California and the blue battery storage sites) https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/california-energy-storage-system-survey https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/califo... https://www.energy.ca.gov/news/2023-10/california-sees-unprecedented-growth-energy-storage-key-component-states-clean https://www.energy.ca.gov/news/2023-10/california-sees-unpre... https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/renewables-met-100-percent-california-energy-demand-30-days/ https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/renewables-met-100-percent-ca... (I too am excited to push fossil gas out of the generation mix! Onward!)
• ZeroGravitas 3y ago
  The federal government paid them over a billion dollars to do so.