Do you have any idea how much it would cost to try and get like 14GW from the West cost to the East? Look at power prices in Europe to get an idea as to how much having massive interconnection costs, and then consider that you can fit Germany inside just Ontario 3x.
Well, if you've seen the rates in California, that'll give you a pretty good idea of who pays for it. They are something like 4x higher than Ontario.
Two points:Well, let's be fair and admit that we've had quite a few catastrophic oil spills in my lifetime and I am well aware of an Exxon (prior to merger) refinery that had a major fire. Don't believe me? Watch the "Remember Charlie" safety training film, terrifying!
Good points for sure. We will no doubt get there one day. I was more referring to the production of EV's where you see the environmental impact of mining for the metals needed for batteries and how much damage that does along with all the fossil fuel used to do it. It's just moving pollution from one end to the other. I see environmental issues with wind mills, solar and such as well. Just things we need to work thru I guess and make better over time to your point - and I agree. The one other thing that always gets me is that we don't have a plan to get off of oil. We have plans to produce energy without oil. The problem is nearly everything we touch is made from oil....plastics etc. We can run out of oil and still not be able to be able to make energy with these alternatives because they rely on parts that are made from oil..... I am sure my logic is flawed so be easy on me lol
Good points. We all remember batteries exploding in cell phones etc.
Ni-hydrogen, not NiMH? Or something else? If they’re using traditional io batteries it’s a step backwards though obviously there can be some benefits related to safety. If actual nickel hydrogen then they’re just trading one issue for another since then there’s a hydrogen pressure tank to use. And hydrogen has its own issues and baggage.
For the most part, North America is interconnected. NERC presided over northern Baja, Mexico, Continental USA & Canada. There are 3 main interconnections: Western, Eastern & ERCOT (think they’re called TRE now). WECC is the western interconnection that spans from, roughly, the Rockies west. That includes northern Baja as well as BC & Alberta.
I have been trying to understand how the grid works for a while. I understand electronics and electricity in general pretty well. The more I read about the grid the more I realize I don't know. I would welcome more real insight.
I’m out of town until Tuesday helping my in-laws move so unfortunately most of my replies will be brief (for me at least).
The only true grid scale battery, pumped hydro.
Wait… GE doesn’t make Li-ion. They had been trying to commercialize night temperature Na batteries and even built a line in Schenectady…. If its those that’s a vastly different situation, they are hot enough to melt salt…
https://www.wwnytv.com/2023/07/28/convergent-offers-words-apology-solar-farm-fire-continues-burn/
