The Myth of “Intermittent” Renewable Energy. Solar and wind have suffered from being mislabeled “intermittent,” which makes them sound unreliable. Old ideas about “baseload power” are outdated. It’s time to embrace the 21st century and recognize that renewables are mature, affordable, and reliable.
Source: mafco
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I was just discussing this with my boss the other day. “Baseload” is a misnomer now. What you need is load-following resources.
>If the Nemadji Trail Energy Center gas project is approved, it would add about three million tons of greenhouse gases per year to the atmosphere
I’d like to know what the counterfactual is here. If the gas plant doesn’t get built, what will meet that demand instead? Would additional renewable generation get built to produce the same volume of energy, which won’t get built if the gas plant goes ahead?