Renewable energy wasted worldwide due to lack of power grids

[Harpy Eagle]

Renewable energy wasted worldwide due to lack of power grids

Power equal to 480 nuclear reactors unused in U.S. and Europe

asia.nikkei.com

Although renewable energy is attracting more investment worldwide, a significant bottleneck has emerged: inadequate power grids. One estimate suggests that solar and wind facilities capable of generating electricity equivalent to 480 nuclear reactors remain unconnected to transmission networks in the U.S. and Europe.

In Asia, the South Korean government rejected U.S. asset manager BlackRock's application to build an offshore wind farm in January, citing a lack of available grid capacity, according to local media.


This is interesting. Seems there is power to spare out there but no way to get it to the people.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Renewable energy wasted worldwide due to lack of power grids

Power equal to 480 nuclear reactors unused in U.S. and Europe

asia.nikkei.com

Although renewable energy is attracting more investment worldwide, a significant bottleneck has emerged: inadequate power grids. One estimate suggests that solar and wind facilities capable of generating electricity equivalent to 480 nuclear reactors remain unconnected to transmission networks in the U.S. and Europe.

In Asia, the South Korean government rejected U.S. asset manager BlackRock's application to build an offshore wind farm in January, citing a lack of available grid capacity, according to local media.


This is interesting. Seems there is power to spare out there but no way to get it to the people.

On top of that, renewable energy firms are paid money to not produce electricity when demand is not there.

 

[JGalt]

Renewable energy wasted worldwide due to lack of power grids

Power equal to 480 nuclear reactors unused in U.S. and Europe

asia.nikkei.com

Although renewable energy is attracting more investment worldwide, a significant bottleneck has emerged: inadequate power grids. One estimate suggests that solar and wind facilities capable of generating electricity equivalent to 480 nuclear reactors remain unconnected to transmission networks in the U.S. and Europe.

In Asia, the South Korean government rejected U.S. asset manager BlackRock's application to build an offshore wind farm in January, citing a lack of available grid capacity, according to local media.


This is interesting. Seems there is power to spare out there but no way to get it to the people.

Renewable energy is like handloading your own ammunition: You don't really save any money because you end up shooting more. Increasing the capability of the power grid to handle more capacity just means that people will consume more electricity, which in turn requires more predominantly Chinese-made solar and wind equipment to generate that electricity.

It's called the "Law of Diminishing Returns.

"A principle stating that profits or benefits gained from something will represent a proportionally smaller gain as more money or energy is invested in it."

 

[1srelluc]

All the more reason to concentrate modular reactors where they are needed.

Want a data center?.....Then a modular reactor should be built onsite to accommodate it's power usage.

 

[sparky]

Oh look....more 'can't do the math' renewable propaganda ..... ~S~

 

[kyzr]

All the more reason to concentrate modular reactors where they are needed.

Want a data center?.....Then a modular reactor should be built onsite to accommodate it's power usage.

Easier said than done. Nuke plants need lots of water for cooling. Not many places have that much water to spare.

 

[1srelluc]

Easier said than done. Nuke plants need lots of water for cooling. Not many places have that much water to spare.

Build them east of the Mississippi.....You know, where the rain is instead of the rain starved west.

 

[kyzr]

Build them east of the Mississippi.....You know, where the rain is instead of the rain starved west.

CA is probably the only coastal state that would prohibit using the Pacific Ocean water.

 

[justoffal]

Renewable energy wasted worldwide due to lack of power grids

Power equal to 480 nuclear reactors unused in U.S. and Europe

asia.nikkei.com

Although renewable energy is attracting more investment worldwide, a significant bottleneck has emerged: inadequate power grids. One estimate suggests that solar and wind facilities capable of generating electricity equivalent to 480 nuclear reactors remain unconnected to transmission networks in the U.S. and Europe.

In Asia, the South Korean government rejected U.S. asset manager BlackRock's application to build an offshore wind farm in January, citing a lack of available grid capacity, according to local media.


This is interesting. Seems there is power to spare out there but no way to get it to the people.

Of course .... The most expensive part of any power system is ALWAYS the distribution. It is no mystery and has always been known that renewables require 3 times the delivery system and therefore are extremely expensive to operate.

 

[elektra]

Easier said than done. Nuke plants need lots of water for cooling. Not many places have that much water to spare.

Then how did they build three nuclear power plants in the Arizona desert.

 

[elektra]

Build them east of the Mississippi.....You know, where the rain is instead of the rain starved west.

California operated 5 at one time
Arizona operates three
Las Alamo New Mexico
Hanford Washington
Idaho falls
Oregon

You seem to lack knowledge

 

[kyzr]

Then how did they build three nuclear power plants in the Arizona desert.

Palo Verde

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"At its location in the Arizona desert, Palo Verde is the only nuclear generating facility in the world that is not located adjacent to a large body of above-ground water. The facility evaporates water from the treated sewage of several nearby municipalities to meet its cooling needs. Up to 26 billion US gallons (~100,000,000 m³) of treated water are evaporated each year.[12][13] This water represents about 25% of the annual overdraft of the Arizona Department of Water Resources Phoenix Active Management Area.[14] At the nuclear plant site, the wastewater is further treated and stored in an 85-acre (34 ha) reservoir and a 45-acre (18 ha) reservoir for use in the plant's wet cooling towers."

 

[Seymour Flops]

Renewable energy wasted worldwide due to lack of power grids

Power equal to 480 nuclear reactors unused in U.S. and Europe

asia.nikkei.com

Although renewable energy is attracting more investment worldwide, a significant bottleneck has emerged: inadequate power grids. One estimate suggests that solar and wind facilities capable of generating electricity equivalent to 480 nuclear reactors remain unconnected to transmission networks in the U.S. and Europe.

In Asia, the South Korean government rejected U.S. asset manager BlackRock's application to build an offshore wind farm in January, citing a lack of available grid capacity, according to local media.


This is interesting. Seems there is power to spare out there but no way to get it to the people.

True but meaningless. Renewable resources like wind and sun have been wasted for thousands of years. We haven’t harnessed it as our primary source of energy because it hasn’t been more cost-effective than petroleum in the last 150 years

That is still true today. In fact, it seems that - based on what you posted - even if government subsidizes the windmills and the solar collectors, it’s still not worth it to connect them to the power grid.

someday renewable resources will absolutely be the most cost-effective. When that happens, the Free market will favor them. But it is the worst foolishness to pretend that it is now and bankrupt ourselves while doing so.

 

[elektra]

True but meaningless. Renewable resources like wind and sun have been wasted for thousands of years. We haven’t harnessed it as our primary source of energy because it hasn’t been more cost-effective than petroleum in the last 150 years

That is still true today. In fact, it seems that - based on what you posted - even if government subsidizes the windmills and the solar collectors, it’s still not worth it to connect them to the power grid.

someday renewable resources will absolutely be the most cost-effective. When that happens, the Free market will favor them. But it is the worst foolishness to pretend that it is now and bankrupt ourselves while doing so.

In a free market I done ever seeing Soar and wind competing with nuclear.

It is an impossibility

 

[Seymour Flops]

In a free market I done ever seeing Soar and wind competing with nuclear.

It is an impossibility

Yes, that is very true. Nuclear energy at this time is the ultimate green energy source, and will likely continue to be into the future.