Thursday, October 28, 2021

California's New Energy Infrastructure: A Transition to Nowhere

California's New Energy Infrastructure: A Transition to Nowhere
  • Transition to NowhereCalifornia’s switch to a primarily solar and wind-powered grid is a dead end.-Mark P. Mills
"The leaders of California and China have at least one thing in common: fear of blackouts. 
  • In late September, following widespread and economically debilitating losses of power, China’s vice premier Han Zheng ordered the country’s energy companies to ensure sufficient supplies before winter “at all costs” and added, ominously, that blackouts “won’t be tolerated.” 
  • A month earlier, California governor Gavin Newsom issued emergency orders to procure more natural gas-fired electrical capacity to avoid blackouts...
  • In recent weeks, the European continent has also suffered blackouts, near-blackouts, and skyrocketing electricity prices triggered by a massive lull in nature’s windiness...Read all.

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