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Old 05-17-2016, 12:00 AM
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Renewables Up

'Renewables Are Leaving Natural Gas In The Dust This Year'

"In the first three months of 2016, the U.S. grid added 18 megawatts of new natural gas generating capacity. It added a whopping 1,291 megawatts (MW) of new renewables.

The renewables were primarily wind (707 MW) and solar (522 MW). We also added some biomass (33 MW) and hydropower (29 MW). The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) latest monthly “Energy Infrastructure Update” reports that no new capacity of coal, oil, or nuclear power were added in the first quarter of the year." Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/201...s-natural-gas/
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Largely because grid demand IS DOWN appreciably. And by the market forces, you don't build out capacity with a down demand unless someone is paying you MIGHTILY to do so...

And those figures are INSTALLED capacity. Not actually production potential. For wind the production avgs (yearly) are about 30% of the capacity on the placard. For solar -- around 35%..
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Largely because grid demand IS DOWN appreciably. And by the market forces, you don't build out capacity with a down demand unless someone is paying you MIGHTILY to do so...

And those figures are INSTALLED capacity. Not actually production potential. For wind the production avgs (yearly) are about 30% of the capacity on the placard. For solar -- around 35%..
Not counting flatulence but didn't you say windpower was dead?
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