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andrewducker) wrote2018-01-23 12:10 pm
andrewducker) wrote2018-01-23 12:10 pm
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Interesting Links for 23-01-2018
- The Lightning Network Could Make Bitcoin Faster—and Cheaper
- (tags: bitcoin )
- Top architect insists Scotland - Ireland bridge is feasible
- (tags: bridge scotland ireland )
- Whatever happened to the Brexit talks?
- (tags: uk europe )
- 'Terrifying': How a single line of computer code put thousands of innocent Turks in jail
- (tags: turkey internet OhForFucksSake )
- The (almost) complete history of 'fake news'
- (tags: fake fraud reporting news media )
- Once you start engineering Earth's climate you can't stop
- (tags: engineering globalwarming Technology thefuture )
- How to deal with Twitter trolls
- (tags: troll advice harassment twitter )
- New York *literally* has a "get out of jail" card. What The Fuck is going on over there?
- (tags: police newyork WTF corruption )
- In Colorado, a glimpse of renewable energy’s insanely cheap future
- (tags: renewables GoodNews thefuture )
- Why Churchill was a vicious racist villain
- (tags: history UK Africa India racism afghanistan )
- Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Experiment Is a Success
- (tags: minimumwage usa )
- More on “Get Out of Jail Free” Cards
- (tags: police corruption usa )
- One in three women miss cervical screening due to embarrassment
- (tags: health women uk )
- Driver behaviour transformed by A90 average speed cameras
- (tags: speed driving safety Scotland cameras )
- Nursing Home Recreates Communist East Germany for Dementia Patients
- (tags: dementia age care germany memory history )
- Trump puts 30% tariff on imported solar cells and modules
- (tags: solarpower china usa trade )
- Europe's central banks are starting to replace US dollar reserves with the Chinese yuan
- (tags: china europe usa finance )
- Want a healthier population? Spend less on health care and more on social services
- (tags: health money society )
- Can You Buy A License to Speed?
- (tags: speed crime police )
- English NHS accused of fiddling A&E figures to downplay extent of crisis
- (tags: NHS fail OhForFucksSake )
Colorado Renewables
Generally good news and (I think) part of a continuing and accelerating trend that will see more and quicker renewable uptake in more places.
I think a word of caution. I don't think the bids for "wind + storage" or "solar + storage" are for large amounts of storage. I don't think we're looking at replacing a CCGT. What I suspect is being offered is some renewable generation with a relatively small battery that does electricity condititioning, balancing services and provides enough back up storage that the generators have time to cover their position in the event of a fall off in production. They might be aiming to time shift some supply to match peak demand.
I think it's great that more batteries are being put in to operation because I think the driver of cost reductions are economies of scale and learning curve effects, both of which are in turn driven by volume. I wouldn't want anyone to get the impression that solar + storage could provide power 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year for about 10% more than the base cost of solar PV.
Re: Colorado Renewables
"The proposal would shut down two coal plants in the state and replace their output with roughly 700 MW of solar, 1 GW of wind, and 700 MW of natural gas by 2023."
Re: Colorado Renewables
I wonder if they are at the solar PV / wind is cheaper to build than the gas costs to burn stage yet.
(Or as I have decided to name it the Sutton Gas Inflection Point).
Re: Colorado Renewables
According to Carbon Tracker, based on these bids, new wind+storage energy in Colorado is cheaper than energy from the state’s existing coal plants; solar+storage energy is cheaper than 75 percent of the state’s coal energy. This is worth repeating, because it’s a significant milestone: In Colorado, getting energy from new renewable energy projects with storage is cheaper than getting it from existing coal plants
Re: Colorado Renewables
Which takes you down a CCGT route.