Wind and Solar Combined Barely 1% of Production During the Largest Peak Hourly Demand of 2023
Here we are with New England using the most hourly generation of electricity for the whole year of 2023 and Renewables only able to provide 4% of the load
Now, with a little deeper reveal, thanks to info provided by ISO-NE, we see wind is cranking out a mighty 14% of the 4% Renewables or 0.56% of the electricity being consumed AND solar is pumping out a spectacular 13% of the 4% or 0.52% .
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Comment by Willem Post on July 16, 2023 at 9:30pm
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If New England did not have natural gas and nuclear, we would be so screwed.
The Owners of wind and solar are enjoying the fruits of their lucrative tax shelters, for at least 20 years, courtesy of the all-corrupt Maine Legislature, which is screwing Mainers up and down, and sideways, just so the Legislators can say they are doing it to save the world
A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES
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I must concur that the numbers they're estimating may not be very accurate. I pass a very large solar array in a former potato field on the way to Madawaska. My route is along the St. John River. All the panels are facing north west, directly across the river into Canada. Every time I pass them, they are all in shade. I wouldn't trust any of these renewables numbers, especially estimates. The sun is off my panels by five pm this time of year. There's still some charging but very weak. I've seen many glowing photos of politicians standing by solar arrays that are clearly in shady conditions. I'm not sure they understand how it all works.
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Dan,
It is not possible the BTM at 7 pm is 2 times as great as at 5 pm
That estimate is total BS
Why would ISO-NE be estimating BTM, if they can get accurate info from utilities that have real time accurate data from smart meters?
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Comment by Dan McKay on July 16, 2023 at 8:12am
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I feel it is unprofessional and outright criminal for ISO-NE to promote wind, solar and battery storage while we are about to find the lights go out during an extreme heat wave or an extreme cold snap.
Wind, Solar and battery storage is a redundant source of electricity, but it has driven reliable forms of generation out of the market, but ISO-NE continues to inform us that everything is rosy with their warm feelings about renewables pushed by our(so-called) government.
James LaBrecque did spot this failure of Solar and Wind and gave a great explanation on WVOM- See the post "
James LaBrecque educates the legislature
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Excellent info, Dan. Now, how to get it out to the public?
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Willem,
ISO-NE provides an estimate of behind the meter solar, connected to the distribution grid (BTM Solar)
The table below includes the BTM solar, which seems to indicate that BTM solar tracks the sun better than grid scale solar at the 7 pm hour.
Note: these are the hours ISO-NE declared a " Power Caution" Alert
07/05/2023 5:00 pm Grid Wind 53 MW All Resource Generation = 20,286 MW07/05/2023 5:00 pm Grid Solar 288 MW + BTM Solar = 22,541 MW BTM Solar = 255 MW07/05/2023 6:03 pm Grid Wind 88 MW All Resource Generation = 21,061 MW07/05/2023 6:03 pm Grid Solar 176 MW + BTM Solar = 22,349 MW BTM Solar = 288 MW07/05/2023 7:04 pm Grid Wind 54 MW All Resource Generation = 21,194 MW07/05/2023 7:04 pm Grid Solar 67 MW + BTM Solar = 21,704 MW BTM Solar = 510 MW07/05/2023 8:04 pm Grid Wind 54MW All Resource Generation = 20,536 MW07/05/2023 8:04 pm Grid Solar 25 MW + BTM Solar = 20,643 MW + BTM Solae = 107 MW
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Willem, the utilities who own the distribution network that rooftop and net metering solar feed into track the generation very closely, down to the tenths of kilowatt-hours. They also track the cost to the ratepayers this amount of solar imparts on them. Let's just say with this type of generation, who needs enemies.?
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Dan,
This does not include the solar on rooftops, etc, which is connected to distribution grids.
That solar is not monitored by ISO-NE
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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