Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Environment & Energy

FogerRox

(13,211 posts)

10. Hmm, Ok. Yeah nothing we shouldn't already know

Reply to kristopher (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 26, 2012, 03:31 PM

Jun 2012

That Renewables, mostly solar & wind are nnot a gross mosmatch RE: Load & demand

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

16 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

NREL says 80% of US electricity can be renewable by 2050 with current technology [View all] bananas Jun 2012 OP

For this to happen we must ban coal... hunter Jun 2012 #1

That's not a very insightful view of the situation, hunter. kristopher Jun 2012 #2

HVDC projects seem to be all the rage now FogerRox Jun 2012 #3

pumped hydro storage helps coal, so we shouldn't build new pumped hydro storage? FogerRox Jun 2012 #5

I gave the OP its 5th rec, off to the greatest with you FogerRox Jun 2012 #4

Did you look at the interactive hour by hour presentation? nr kristopher Jun 2012 #6

No I didnt. If I have time I'll check it out. I'm packing boxes, getting ready to move... FogerRox Jun 2012 #7

It's worth looking at when you get the time kristopher Jun 2012 #8

Hmm, Ok. Yeah nothing we shouldn't already know FogerRox Jun 2012 #10

It essentially confirms that a distributed renewable grid works. kristopher Jun 2012 #13

Projected loads are a lot higher in the summer Kolesar Jun 2012 #9

Oh the other hand, after 50 years of such absurd soothsaying, it doesn't produce anything like that. NNadir Jun 2012 #11

Nuclear spokesman Lovelock: "UK should be going mad for fracking" kristopher Jun 2012 #12

"50 years of mindless cheering" Kolesar Jun 2012 #14

Amazing attitude, isn't it? nt kristopher Jun 2012 #15

kick and rec kristopher Jul 2012 #16

Latest Discussions»Issue Forums»Environment & Energy»NREL says 80% of US elect...»Reply #10