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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEnergy Secretary Rick Perry wants to know if solar is eroding the electricity supply
Energy Secretary Rick Perry wants to know if solar is eroding the electricity supply
On Friday, the former fossil-fuel favoring governor ordered a study to see whether solar and wind development is making the electricity grid less stable.
April 17, 2017 Frank Andorka
The solar industry could save taxpayers a lot of money if Energy Secretary Rick Perry would only ask them for real-world examples of countries where solar and wind have stabilized the grid instead of destabilizing them.
The solar industry may only have 60 days to prove its not destroying the electric supply of the United States, or Energy Secretary Rick Perry will start dismantling its federal infrastructure, returning the United States to its rightful place as the worlds leading 19th century energy producer.
Reports out of Washington say Perry, who oversaw enormous growth in the wind industry in the oil-producing state of Texas while governor, has initiated a 60-day review of federal policies that support renewable energy, with an eye toward bolstering the myth that solar produces an unstable grid.
It probably goes without saying, but solar industry could save taxpayers money on the study by pointing out the following real-world examples of countries in the midst of aggressive transitions to renewable energy
Denmark has the highest portion of wind and solar in its electricity supply of any nation on earth. It also has the most 2nd-most stable grid in Europe, behind Luxembourg.
U.S. residents spend fourteen times as much time without electricity than the Danes.
Germany, one of the worlds most progressive countries on renewable energy and an early solar leader, also has a far more stable grid than the United States.
It is easier for grid operators to plan for shifts in wind and solar output, which can usually be predicted with forecasting, than planning for large power plants like nuke plants going down unexpectedly.
U.S. residents spend fourteen times as much time without electricity than the Danes.
Germany, one of the worlds most progressive countries on renewable energy and an early solar leader, also has a far more stable grid than the United States.
It is easier for grid operators to plan for shifts in wind and solar output, which can usually be predicted with forecasting, than planning for large power plants like nuke plants going down unexpectedly.
As of press time, however, its unclear whether Perry has asked the solar industry for its input, but suffice to say its unlikely someone will need to sit by a phone waiting for a call any time soon.
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https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2017/04/17/energy-secretary-rick-perry-wants-to-know-if-solar-is-eroding-the-electricity-supply/
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry wants to know if solar is eroding the electricity supply (Original Post)
babylonsister
Apr 2017
OP
Yeah, it's sucking all the energy out of the sun and pretty soon there won't be any left.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2017
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)1. Yeah, it's sucking all the energy out of the sun and pretty soon there won't be any left.
tanyev
(42,568 posts)2. No Rick, but Republican brain cells appear to be highly vulnerable.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)3. Yeah, it's getting darker as the panels absorb all of the sunlight...
MedusaX
(1,129 posts)4. Clearly Perry's decades of excessive aerosol hairspray use has finally taken its toll...
packman
(16,296 posts)5. It's the damn vampire lobby- Bloodsucking bastards
They got this thing about sunlight
Moostache
(9,895 posts)6. This fucking clown has seen Star Wars too many times...
Hey Perry...Supreme Leader Snoke is NOT Donald Trump and you are NOT Kylo Ren either you useless organic decay sucking up oxygen and water.
Afromania
(2,769 posts)7. Dude
This shit is so surreal, so fucking surreal and the republicans are trotting along it off like its nothing. I guess I can understand that they are greedy fuckfaces and don't care how they fuck up so they can collect those checks and kickbacks. Their voters, their fucking voters is who I truly don't understand. All of this fuckery the people they voted for are engaged in is going to crush their ass right along with us; more so in-fact.
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)8. Yep, the Onion couldn't make this shit up
What an absolute oil industry whore.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)9. This Sucker has the
I.Q. of a box of rocks.
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)10. Governor Goodhair is too stupid for this job