electric grid reliability
What's actually happening with renewables? Hype, revolution, or both?: Grid realists
6:47 PM At 6:47 PM on September 8, 2020, the California Independent System Operator ordered rolling blackouts. Temperatures above 110 degrees. Air conditioners at maximum. The sun was setting. Solar dropping toward zero. Wind negligible. Two million people lost power.... Should we go all in on nuclear energy?: Portfolio pragmatists
48.7 gigawatts January 17, 2024. London, minus four Celsius. Sun set three hours earlier. Wind: 2 percent of installed capacity. Demand: 48.7 gigawatts. Gas turbines flat out. Nuclear at full output. Emergency demand response activated.... Should we go all in on nuclear energy?: The Story
73 deaths versus 24,600 Deaths per terawatt-hour. Nuclear: 73, including Chernobyl and Fukushima. Coal: 24,600. Oil: 18,400. Natural gas: 2,800. Rooftop solar: 440, mostly installers falling off roofs. France built fifty-six reactors between 1970 and 2000....