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Wonder why wind, storage & other climate techs matter in the current climate?

Here's a live view of Texas's electricity mix: wind tops the list, energy storage plays a key role. The second biggest source: solar. (There's a CKI deep-dive for solar, too.)

Wind, solar & batteries don't dominate Texas's grid because of state-level policies & regulations. Quite the opposite.

#ercot#texas#solar

The Greater Houston area will remain under a freeze warning until 9 a.m. Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service. A cold weather advisory warning of freezing wind chills will remain in place until 11 a.m.

houstonpublicmedia.org/article

Houston Public Media · Houston area freeze warning in place through Monday morning, NWS saysBy Sarah Grunau

"In general, co-located battery #energystorage systems in #ERCOT earn lower revenues than standalone systems. In the first four months of 2024, standalone grid-scale batteries in ERCOT earned an annualized $65,000/MW (on average). Batteries co-located with #wind or #solar sites earned 52% less during the same period - an average of $32,000/MW/year." bit.ly/3WBLxxN

modoenergy.comWhat is the value of co-located battery energy storage in ERCOT? - Research | Modo EnergyWhat do co-located battery energy storage systems earn in ERCOT? And how could batteries boost the value of existing renewable (wind and solar) sites?

A certain Pacific Northwest #weather personality is discussing how wind generation was bad up here the past few days and that’s why wind isn’t a good solution for coming off #FossilFuels while conveniently ignoring that wind generation was pretty good in other parts of the #WECC. Not to mention solar.

Sure, bad wind days would be bad somewhere like #ERCOT but we aren’t ERCOT. We can source power from New Mexico all the way to British Columbia.