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This old Texas wind farm now makes more power with fewer turbines

Baua Electric

An old wind farm in Texas just got a second life, and its capacity has gone from 160 megawatts (MW) to 182 MW. An old Texas wind farm gets a second wind The Brazos Wind Farm is in Fluvanna, in Borden and Scurry counties, in West Texas. But… thirty-eight wind turbines x 5 MW = 180 MW.

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BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

Green Car Congress

Crude prices peaked in April as Libyan supplies dried up, and the differential between Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmarks reached a record premium due to North American infrastructure bottlenecks. Hydro-electric output grew just 1.6%, the weakest growth since 2003. Solar powergen rose 86.3%, though from a low base.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

Cars That Think

We got a heartrending reminder of this fact in February 2021, when Texas experienced an. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. unprecedented and deadly winter freeze.

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007). The introduction of large intermittent power generation from, for example, wind and solar, will have specific short and long term effects on the mix of generation technologies.

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