Where was the Wind?
9/3/19
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from TPPF,
9/3/19:
What to Know: You know who didn’t show up for Texas’ recent heat wave? The wind—and its unreliable electrical generation, just when Texans needed it.
The TPPF Take: Austin and other cities that have very vocally committed to wind energy saw their electricity prices skyrocket in those hours when demand was highest—because the wind wasn’t blowing.
“This emphasizes the fact that we don’t see the true cost of renewable energy until the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing—because solar and wind have to be backed up by other forms of energy,” says TPPF’s Brent Bennett. “In other words, the more renewables we have, the less value they add because we are having to pay more for the second system behind them.”
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