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20% is the self reported, installed power. Add the capacity factor and those wund turbines are providing 5% of power in Texas.Power is power ... the watt of electricity put on the grid is used on the grid ... refineries run on the grid ... my understanding is that up to 20% of Texas electricity comes from wind, on windy days ... that's 20% less power from fossil fuels plants, on windy days ... all the power is mixed together on the grid ... so refineries use 20% of their power from wind farms, on windy days ...
If the wind isn't blowing, Texas has to fire up fossil fuel generators, which is more expensive, the refineries don't shut down ... it's call using what's cheapest ...
20% is the self reported, installed power. Add the capacity factor and those wund turbines are providing 5% of power in Texas.
Then there are line looses, 50% every 50 miles. There are conflicting reports on line losses. Even if I go with a low number, like 5% every 50 miles that is another 70% loss.
Sorry, wind power is a failure, that is why it is subsidized. Nobody uses their money to build Wind Turbines
The figuring ain't happening.We'll figure that part out. My problem is that solar is just that efficient for the cost in our area because we have like clouds and rain somewhat regularly.
You seem misinformed ... the grid uses AC current ... as this all but eliminates line loss ... I know, you want wind power to be weaker ... sorry, a watt is a watt no matter the source ...
This may help you:
Wind power is weak, and distributions and transmission losses are high.
The fact that you must use google to find a link that confirms your opinion shows you do not have the knowledge about electricity that you pretend to.
AC current? Certainly current flows through the grid. To state that it is the AC current that eliminates line loss is backwards. We step up the voltage as high as possible so that it takes less AC current, resulting in less line loss.
You really should educate yourself before you start commenting as if you know what you are talking about.
Had you stated High Voltage you may of appeared credible, but you do not understand how electricity works.
watts? Ha, not as easy as PIE, now tell me what I meant by not as easy as pie, without a google search
You made a false claim, that AC current was essentially zero loss.Wind power is weak ...
In the real universe, power is power, volts RMS times amps ... no matter the source of the power ... unless you have a credible citation from someplace other than Google ... is Google Scholar prohibited as well? ...
Transmission lines use high voltage resulting in lower AC current which lessens the line losses.
I never brought up DC??? Why do you keep refering to DC.How do you do this with DC? ...
Do you think high voltage is DC?How do you do this with DC? ...
You dont know there are places transmitting electricity with DC.How do you do this with DC? ...
Texas refineries have there own electricity generating plants operating on fossil fuels, selling the excess power to the grid.... so refineries use 20% of their power from wind farms, on windy days ...
If the wind isn't blowing, Texas has to fire up fossil fuel generators, which is more expensive, the refineries don't shut down ... it's call using what's cheapest ..
I never brought up DC??? Why do you keep refering to DC.
You even pointed out the AC equivelant of DC, why?
You also clearly brought up wgen the wind was not blowing and the cost, I did not bring this up. My reply to this is a reply, not a strawman argumentI clearly stated "on windy days" ... I never said solar/wind was reliable ... so ease up on the strawman arguments ...
If the wind isn't blowing, Texas has to fire up fossil fuel generators, which is more expensive, the refineries don't shut down ... it's call using what's cheapest ..
Is that a real question?How do you step up DC? ... I'm sorry but you're acting confused ... like you don't understand "power on demand" systems ...
