RE: Green Energy Transmission Line Authorized
May 29, 2022 at 1:12 pm
(This post was last modified: May 29, 2022 at 1:16 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(May 29, 2022 at 12:23 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It’s A Start
Quote:The White House announced today that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had issued the final approval for the construction of the 416-mile Energy Gateway South Transmission line. According to a press release from the BLM, this will permit at least 25 gigawatts of solar, wind, and geothermal production on public lands by 2025. The release also stated the project will support approximately 1,325 construction jobs and help integrate up to 2,000 megawatts of new renewable energy resources into the grid while also ensuring the reliability of existing generation resources.
Boru
The figure of “at least 25 gigawatts” seems to be deception. The initial rating of the new line is only a little over 1000 megawatts, or 1 gigawatts. It is “expected” to increase to 6600 megawatts, or 6.6 gigawatts, by 2040.
To put it in perspective, 25 gigawatts can supply the peak demand of New York City twice over and almost half of California’s peak demand.
The physics of power flow on transmission lines, and the performance of some types of renewable generation such as wind and solar, but not geothermal, allows one to put out what is effectively boldfaced lies like 25 gigawatts that relies on a 1% truth admixture to deflect charges of intention to deceive.
