tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199410.post3530547831013998291..comments2023-12-27T08:02:59.927-05:00Comments on Energy Outlook: Can Solar Fill the Hydropower Gap During California’s Drought?Geoffrey Styleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18047970229068397492noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199410.post-40565985977011714032014-05-27T11:48:25.296-04:002014-05-27T11:48:25.296-04:00Joe,
These are important concerns, particularly si...Joe,<br />These are important concerns, particularly since energy storage is nowhere near the scale required to make intermittent sources like wind and solar dispatchable in the traditional sense. The state's new storage mandate seems aimed at integrating intermittent sources on an hourly basis, but the resulting storage capacity won't store enough energy to make up for long (days to months) gaps in hydro output. If the drought persists, CA will burn more gas as a result, even while solar reduces incremental gas demand from what it might have been otherwise.Geoffrey Styleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047970229068397492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199410.post-72197016208087734082014-05-25T11:44:28.160-04:002014-05-25T11:44:28.160-04:00One point you missed is the dispatchability of Cal...One point you missed is the dispatchability of California's hydro.<br /><br />While some of the federal hydro projects have large storage resevroirs, power production is constrained by irrigation water deliveries. The privately owned hydro plants are largely run-of-river plants with little storage. Production in late summer or fall is close to nil.<br /><br />Neither offer the flexibility to offset solar unreliability.<br /><br />Just looking at annual energy sales gives you nowhere near the real story/ That's why environmentalists and crony capitalists tell you only part.Joseph Somselnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199410.post-51192132767434760602014-04-03T09:48:17.864-04:002014-04-03T09:48:17.864-04:00Angela Navejas,
If you'd like to advertise on ...Angela Navejas,<br />If you'd like to advertise on this site, please contact me at the email provided.Geoffrey Styleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047970229068397492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199410.post-49246290099278595452014-04-03T07:30:52.492-04:002014-04-03T07:30:52.492-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783889858211935469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199410.post-3503360127937348292014-03-09T16:32:52.347-04:002014-03-09T16:32:52.347-04:00Daniel,
Long time, no see. It's often hard for...Daniel,<br />Long time, no see. It's often hard for advocates to differentiate between objectivity and "bashing". If you review the past posts you perceived as anti-solar, I think you'll find they were critical of solar policies, which is not at all the same thing as criticizing the technology, which I have always thought had great potential. And as the gap closes with falling PV costs, the justification for policies that treat solar more generously than other energy sources also diminishes. Geoffrey Styleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047970229068397492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199410.post-6597599178067417282014-03-08T18:42:40.393-05:002014-03-08T18:42:40.393-05:00Wow! You mention solar without (as much of) the kn...Wow! You mention solar without (as much of) the knee-jerk bashing of yesteryear...maybe in another few years you will have moved a neutral stance and a few years after that you may embrace solar--well one can dream!<br /><br />Haven't checked your blog for nearly a year (you sorta asked me to stop commenting a couple-three years ago.) <br />disdanielDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00989098653955627380noreply@blogger.com