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No Fossil Fuel-Based Generation Was Added To US Grid Last Month (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In the U.S., two types of electricity generation are on the rise: natural gas and renewables. If one of those is set to make a bigger mark than the other this year, it's natural gas: in 2018, natural gas-burning capacity is expected to outpace renewable capacity for the first time in five years, according to data from the Energy Information Agency. Although natural gas additions are expected to overtake renewable energy additions in 2018, forecasts for renewable energy additions to the grid roughly match what we saw in 2017. Natural gas is overtaking renewables not because renewable energy adoption is slowing, but more because natural gas facilities are seeing a considerable boom.
In fact, barring any changes in the EIA numbers, natural gas, wind, and solar generation are the only electricity generation sources that will be added to the U.S. grid in any consequential manner in 2018. Battery, hydroelectric, and biomass facilities make up the small percentage of "other" sources that are expected to come online this year. Renewable energy also started off the year strong. According to the EIA, "in February 2018, for the first time in decades, all of the new generating capacity coming online within a month were non-fossil-fueled. Of the 475 MW of capacity that came online in February, 81 percent was wind, 16 percent was solar photovoltaic, and the remaining 3 percent was hydro and biomass."
In fact, barring any changes in the EIA numbers, natural gas, wind, and solar generation are the only electricity generation sources that will be added to the U.S. grid in any consequential manner in 2018. Battery, hydroelectric, and biomass facilities make up the small percentage of "other" sources that are expected to come online this year. Renewable energy also started off the year strong. According to the EIA, "in February 2018, for the first time in decades, all of the new generating capacity coming online within a month were non-fossil-fueled. Of the 475 MW of capacity that came online in February, 81 percent was wind, 16 percent was solar photovoltaic, and the remaining 3 percent was hydro and biomass."
It's in the last two sentences of the summary:
According to the EIA, "in February 2018, for the first time in decades, all of the new generating capacity coming online within a month were non-fossil-fueled. Of the 475 MW of capacity that came online in February, 81 percent was wind, 16 percent was solar photovoltaic, and the remaining 3 percent was hydro and biomass.
Granted, the "Last Month" is wrong. It was three months ago.
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Yea, but it's natural and everything natural is good for you right?
Well, the author of the article seems to think that natural means that it is organic and vegan, and you can buy it at a higher price at Whole Foods, compared with conventional gas.
Score one for PETG . . . People for the Ethical Treatment of Gas.
The whole article raves about natural gas . . . but then claims that no fossil fuel based energy was added to a the grid.
I had to face-palm myself so hard that I nearly knocked myself out!
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
The whole article raves about natural gas . . . but then claims that no fossil fuel based energy was added to a the grid.
Yeah, it's very poorly written article. There are a number of separate things: 1) no gas plants were added in the month of February. 2) other gas plants will be added in the entire year of 2018. 3) no coal/nuke plants are being added.
Do you know why we import these things?
Because our environmental laws won't allow them to be made here.
So the question is, why are you ok with Chinese workers and their environment being subjected to conditions the Left has deemed unacceptable for Americans and America??
None made in the USA?
Heliene – Mountain Iron, MN (U.S. manufacturing facility)
Itek Energy – Bellingham, WA
Mission Solar – San Antonio, TX
Seraphim – Jackson, MS (U.S. headquarters)
Solaria – Fremont, CA (U.S. headquarters)
SolarTech Universal – Riviera Beach, FL
SolarWorld Americas – Hillsboro, OR
Suniva – Norcross, GA
SunSpark – Riverside, CA
Tesla/Panasonic – Buffalo, NY (U.S. manufacturing facility)
The reason they supply so little of the American market is the same reason all other manufacturing moved offshore, labor prices. But hey, let's trash the environment and cost more jobs in installation cutbacks than the tariffs generate jobs for American manufacturers. It's all in the name of the environment.
According to the EIA, "in February 2018, for the first time in decades, all of the new generating capacity coming online within a month were non-fossil-fueled. Of the 475 MW of capacity that came online in February, 81 percent was wind, 16 percent was solar photovoltaic, and the remaining 3 percent was hydro and biomass."
Stop spreading BS. Coal is given subsidies by Trump. If it was "free to compete on it's own " it would die.