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FogerRox

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3. HVDC projects seem to be all the rage now

Reply to hunter (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 23, 2012, 05:36 PM

Jun 2012

Billions of dollars are flowing to offshore HVDC projects to support wind power.

I completely dont understand your view on banning coal and the grid.....

New Coal plants being built......... they'll have to compete vs the lower price points of Wind.....

The IEA reported that in 2011 Pumped hydro storage increased by 40%

ABB and Siemens are doing great business.

I see a lot of trends that do not dovetail with what U R sayin......

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NREL says 80% of US electricity can be renewable by 2050 with current technology [View all] bananas Jun 2012 OP

For this to happen we must ban coal... hunter Jun 2012 #1

That's not a very insightful view of the situation, hunter. kristopher Jun 2012 #2

HVDC projects seem to be all the rage now FogerRox Jun 2012 #3

pumped hydro storage helps coal, so we shouldn't build new pumped hydro storage? FogerRox Jun 2012 #5

I gave the OP its 5th rec, off to the greatest with you FogerRox Jun 2012 #4

Did you look at the interactive hour by hour presentation? nr kristopher Jun 2012 #6

No I didnt. If I have time I'll check it out. I'm packing boxes, getting ready to move... FogerRox Jun 2012 #7

It's worth looking at when you get the time kristopher Jun 2012 #8

Hmm, Ok. Yeah nothing we shouldn't already know FogerRox Jun 2012 #10

It essentially confirms that a distributed renewable grid works. kristopher Jun 2012 #13

Projected loads are a lot higher in the summer Kolesar Jun 2012 #9

Oh the other hand, after 50 years of such absurd soothsaying, it doesn't produce anything like that. NNadir Jun 2012 #11

Nuclear spokesman Lovelock: "UK should be going mad for fracking" kristopher Jun 2012 #12

"50 years of mindless cheering" Kolesar Jun 2012 #14

Amazing attitude, isn't it? nt kristopher Jun 2012 #15

kick and rec kristopher Jul 2012 #16