Electric vehicles put firefighters at risk!

[skookerasbil]

LOL Coal plants are shutting down now even though they have years of life left in them, because they are just too expensive to operate.

Utilities Closed Dozens Of Coal Plants In 2017. Here Are The 6 Most Important.

Utility coal power closures driven by market economics were a regular occurrence throughout 2017. While President Donald Trump’s “Energy Dominance” agenda gave the false impression that federal efforts could revive coal, 27 coal-fired plants totaling 22 gigawatts (GW) of capacity were announced for early closure or conversion in 2017 – roughly one every 15 days since Trump’s election.

U.S. electricity generation economics have completely reversed. Building new coal is more expensive than building new renewable energy across the U.S. , and in many parts of the country, keeping existing coal plants open is more expensive than building new wind turbines (and solar, in some places). From 2007 to 2016, 531 coal units representing 55.6 GW of capacity were retired across the U.S., at an increasingly rapid pace.

Renewables will replace coal and natural gas, and supply power for the new EV's that will supplant the ICE's.

And London Bridge will indeed fall down someday!

Again, your post implies through fakery that renewables will soon be the dominant source of our electricity. Too bad virtually every current USMB member will never see it! You make it like some soothsayer will wave a magic wand and coal and natural gas will go away.

The 2016 and 2017 EIA Reports do not concur with your Hail Mary pass implications.......not even close. All conjecture.

Duh.....if I have an entire palace full of busty babe vixen's and go retire a handful, by your logic, i should retire my gorgan.

The EIA report under both Obama and Trump has been highly consistent: out to 2040, coal and natural gas continue to dominate. Wind and solar combined still less than 10%. . And that doesnt include China and India which are ramping up coal production over the next 30 years.....despite misleading/bogus renewables growth statistics ( seemingly impressive ) posted up by progressives in here. ( a milf may get a boob job and increase her boobs by 100% but if she was flat chested to begin with, nobody is going to notice )

I'll go with the EIA Report instead of your sources

 

[Old Rocks]

Wind, solar, and hydro already far exceed 10% in many states.
Oregon 49%.
Washington 47%
Maine 38%
South Dakota 35%
Montana 34%
Idaho 30%
Iowa 26%
Vermont 25%
New Hampshire 20%
North Dakota 17%

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/slideshows/these-states-use-the-most-renewable-energy

And these states are only increasing their use of renewables. Also, here in Oregon, I am seeing more EV's every day. Especially Teslas.

 

[Old Rocks]

MIKE MUNSELL FEBRUARY 15, 2017

US Solar Market Grows 95% in 2016, Smashes Records

Photo Credit: shutterstock.com

• 68
  
• increase over the previous record of 7,493 megawatts installed in 2015. GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) previewed this data in advance of their upcoming U.S. Solar Market Insight report, set to be released on March 9.
  
  FIGURE: U.S. Solar PV Installations, 2010-2016
  
  

US Solar Market Grows 95% in 2016, Smashes Records

More clean power for the EV's.

 

[Old Rocks]

MAY 4, 2017
Utility-scale solar has grown rapidly over the past five years

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory


Republished May 4, 2017, 4:30 p.m. to clarify that utility-scale solar plants make up 2% of electricity generating capacity, not 2% of utility-scale electricity generation.

Utility-scale solar installations—including both photovoltaic (PV) and thermal technologies—grew at an average rate of 72% per year between 2010 and 2016, faster than any other generating technologies. Utility-scale solar (plants with a capacity of at least one megawatt) now makes up about 2% of all utility-scale electric generating capacity and 0.9% of utility-scale generation. The first utility-scale solar plants were installed in the mid-1980s, but more than half of the currently operating utility-scale solar capacity came online in the past two years.

Utility-scale solar has grown rapidly over the past five years - Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Utility scale solar does not even show on the graph until after 2010. Yet last year it made up about 25% of new generation. And coal is hardly even on the graph. More clean power for the EV's.

 

[Old Rocks]

First, The Good News About Solar
The record-breaking news for utility-scale solar was impressive considering that the cost of solar has already been declining steadily for years.

To be clear, the biggest news was confined to the utility-scale sector. However, residential and commercial solar installations continued their long-term slide, racking up decreases of 6% and 15%, respectively.

NREL (the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory) crunched the numbers for the first quarter of 2017 compared to 2016 to come up with the results.

For total installed system costs for all three sectors, NREL arrived at these figures:

“… the total installed system cost, which is one of the primary inputs used to compute LCOE, has declined to $2.80 per direct current watts (Wdc) for residential systems, $1.85 Wdc for commercial, $1.03 Wdc for fixed-tilt utility-scale systems, and $1.11 Wdc for one-axis tracking utility-scale systems.”

Unsurprisingly, NREL puts the primary driver of falling costs down to lower prices for photovoltaic modules and revved-up competition.

A lot of other factors go into the installed cost of solar facilities, including labor, permitting, site inspections and grid connections. These “soft costs” are also going down but still present a stubborn obstacle (for more on soft costs check out the SunShot Catalyst competition).

For all the details, check out the new NREL report on solar costs.

Three Cheers For President Obama
NREL also notes that the cost of utility-scale solar has now met a goal established by President Obama in 2011, under the SunShot initiative.

US Celebrates Record 29% Drop In Utility Solar But Tariff Cloud Looms

Of course, the orange clown is trying to stop this, same chance as a snowball in hell. And when President Pence takes office, he will be toothless, and will be voted out in 2020.

 

[Old Rocks]

In November of 2016, there were 540,000 electric cars on the road in the USA. This sounds like a lot, but it’s only .22% of all cars on the road in the USA. If we look at yearly production numbers, it still paints a miniscule picture. In 2016, there were around 17.5 million cars produced of which only 134,000 were electric (about .77%). So who is selling all these electric cars?

Mention an electric car and most people will think about the quick rise of Tesla which is now a powerhouse in the industry. With Tesla’s success, a large number of auto manufacturers followed suit, and released their own electric cars. Here’s a look at all the electric car models that were sold from November 2015 to November 2016, courtesy of the content marketing geniuses over at ChargePoint:

How Many Electric Cars Are There in the USA? - Nanalyze

As the production on the Tesla 3 ramps up, this curve will be even more steep. In a decade, or even less, EV's will outsell ICE's.

 

[skookerasbil]

MIKE MUNSELL FEBRUARY 15, 2017

US Solar Market Grows 95% in 2016, Smashes Records

Photo Credit: shutterstock.com

• 68
  
• increase over the previous record of 7,493 megawatts installed in 2015. GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) previewed this data in advance of their upcoming U.S. Solar Market Insight report, set to be released on March 9.
  
  FIGURE: U.S. Solar PV Installations, 2010-2016
  
  

US Solar Market Grows 95% in 2016, Smashes Records

More clean power for the EV's.

Ernormous growth over the past 5 years....you point it out every week in here.

Hmmmm....but after all those stratospheric years of growth, still providing our electric grid with less than 2% of our electricity! 2%.....

Again.... anytime you see statistics posted up by a climate crusader, it is necessary to put the statistics into a broader context. When you do suddenly the impressive statistics don't look too impressive!

 

[skookerasbil]

Wind, solar, and hydro already far exceed 10% in many states.
Oregon 49%.
Washington 47%
Maine 38%
South Dakota 35%
Montana 34%
Idaho 30%
Iowa 26%
Vermont 25%
New Hampshire 20%
North Dakota 17%

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/slideshows/these-states-use-the-most-renewable-energy

And these states are only increasing their use of renewables. Also, here in Oregon, I am seeing more EV's every day. Especially Teslas.

Ahhh.... but more statistical fakery.

Between hydro, solar and wind, in most places, hydro makes up 50% of that number!!

Oh....and across the US, even by 2040, hydro, solar and wind combined will make up less than 12% of our grid >>>

EIA - Annual Energy Outlook 2018

 

[skookerasbil]

In November of 2016, there were 540,000 electric cars on the road in the USA. This sounds like a lot, but it’s only .22% of all cars on the road in the USA. If we look at yearly production numbers, it still paints a miniscule picture. In 2016, there were around 17.5 million cars produced of which only 134,000 were electric (about .77%). So who is selling all these electric cars?

Mention an electric car and most people will think about the quick rise of Tesla which is now a powerhouse in the industry. With Tesla’s success, a large number of auto manufacturers followed suit, and released their own electric cars. Here’s a look at all the electric car models that were sold from November 2015 to November 2016, courtesy of the content marketing geniuses over at ChargePoint:

How Many Electric Cars Are There in the USA? - Nanalyze

As the production on the Tesla 3 ramps up, this curve will be even more steep. In a decade, or even less, EV's will outsell ICE's.

Impressive......

Until the #s are compared to the conventional car market. Suddenly, the numbers not only don't impress, but look rather laughable.

Especially when you consider that Honda sold more Civics in the first 6 months of 2016 than ALL EV SALES COMBINED

Honda Civic Sales Surged 20% in First Half of 2016