America's electrical grid is headed for a total meltdown
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Hadn’t heard of this, briefly looked in to it and there is no evidence the wind farm surveys are causing whale deaths which are part of a years-long trend. Lots of speculation, not evidence.
Not only that but a recent protest on the topic in New Jersey was promoted and attended by a 40 year old environmentalist group - Clean Ocean Action.
Texas 2023 wind capacity is 36 GW.
Texas 2030 projected wind capacity is 70 GW with IRA amplifying build out.
At capacity factor of 32%, average wind output is 22 GW.
A strong wind night peaks out at 70% of capacity, for 49 GW. At grid-level, output tends to max out at 70% of capacity.
The excess, over the wind average (49-22=27 GW) could charge 2.7 million EVs.
Daily consumption for a single EV averages at 10 kWh to get 30 mi driving distance.
In three hours 2.7 million EVs would have sufficient charge to drive 90 miles, or 3-days' worth of driving.
8 million cars are registered in Texas. It is unlikely more than 2.7 million EVs will be on Texas roads in 2040.
So, during 2030-2040 era, all EVs could be entirely powered with 3-hours of charging once every 3 days.
I have no idea where all that extra electricity is going to get used after the EVs take their charge. Maybe smelt some aluminum?
My wall socket capacity is 3.5KW but my phone only uses 10 W.
And the journalist's 2 neurons just found out about each other and are developing synapses. /s
How can a "journalist" write about a topic without having any idea ?