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On 3/1/2025 3:39 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 3/1/2025 2:01 PM, William Hyde wrote:
> ...
>>> BTW, Texas, the King of the so-called renewables, will not allow more 
>>> than 30% of the so-called renewables in the electric generation mix 
>>> for ERCOT.  Above 30% is the loss of control region for ERCOT.
>>
>> Well, in the first place the expertise of Texas power regulators is 
>> open to question.
>>
>> But even if the upper limit for them is in fact 30%, that's a lot. 
>> Throw in some nuclear power and the greenhouse emissions from 
>> electrical generation are dramatically reduced.
>>
>> I live in a promise where on any given day at most 10% of the 
>> generation comes from fossil fuels, the rest being Hydro, Nuclear, and 
>> to a much lesser extent wind and solar.
>>
>> William Hyde
> 
> Right now at this moment, Texas is using electric power from:
> 1. Solar:       23,469 MW
> 2. Wind:         2,272 MW
> 3. Hydro:            0 MW
> 4. Batteries:      237 MW
> 5. Other:            0 MW
> 6. Natural Gas: 11,480 MW
> 7. Coal:         5,278 MW
> 8. Nuclear:      5,107 MW
> =========================
> Total:          47,843 MW
> 
> I think that I was wrong about the max of the so-called renewables.  The 
> max of 30% may just apply to wind power since the wind power ebbs and 
> flows with the wind.  When cold fronts come through Texas, the wind 
> turbines will actually go to zero power as they rotate the wind turbines 
> to face the wind, not a very quick process.
> 
> Lynn
> 

Those numbers indicate that only 35% Texan electricity comes
from carbon sources. This is actually much better than the US
as a whole, were 62% does.

pt