This is what happens when the Government throws money at an (imaginary) problem with no actual plan
The U.S. Has Billions for Wind and Solar Projects. Good Luck Plugging Them In.
Plans to install 3,000 acres of solar panels in Kentucky and Virginia are delayed for years. Wind farms in Minnesota and North Dakota have been abruptly canceled. And programs to encourage Massachusetts and Maine residents to adopt solar power are faltering.
The energy transition poised for takeoff in the United States amid record investment in wind, solar and other low-carbon technologies is facing a serious obstacle: The volume of projects has overwhelmed the nation’s antiquated systems to connect new sources of electricity to homes and businesses.
So many projects are trying to squeeze through the approval process that delays can drag on for years, leaving some developers to throw up their hands and walk away.
BTW, who’s in charge of that approval process?
More than 8,100 energy projects — the vast majority of them wind, solar and batteries — were waiting for permission to connect to electric grids at the end of 2021, up from 5,600 the year before, jamming the system known as interconnection.
That’s the process by which electricity generated by wind turbines or solar arrays is added to the grid — the network of power lines and transformers that moves electricity from the spot where it is created to cities and factories. There is no single grid; the United States has dozens of electric networks, each overseen by a different authority.
It now takes roughly four years, on average, for developers to get approval, double the time it took a decade ago.
So, government is jamming the process to fix a problem they created?
And when companies finally get their projects reviewed, they often face another hurdle: The local grid is at capacity, and they are required to spend much more than they planned for new transmission lines and other upgrades.
There’s no planning, no understanding, just going after it willy nilly, so, it’s rather a waste of time and money. Surprise?
Turning the world into 100 percent green will take increases of MINERAL MINING by 4000-7000 percent.
Thus razing the planet to extinction.
It’s all a fallacy, designed and orchestrated by CHINA to take over the world while they drown in all the fossil fuels that fuel everything left behind by stupid woke countries afraid of a few molecules of CO2.
More importantly, they fear Greata the GREAT.
So, America’s electrical grid infrastructure needs to be upgraded? Who’d a thunk it?
Sounds as if we need to upgrade our regulatory infrastructure as well.
who’s in charge of the permitting department?? they hired retired DMV workers, and told them not to work too hard.
the production and instillation of solar panels and wind generators produces more CO2
than they will offset/prevent during their lifetime.
so in reality, “Green solutions” are contributing to “global warming/climate change”
I’d point out here that in the Bluegrass State, Governor Andy Beshear, an abortion-loving, power-hungry fascist, appoints the agency regulators.
I’d point out here that in the Show-Me State, Governor Mike Parsons, a woman-hating, power-hungry fascist, appoints the agency regulators.
Does anyone “love” abortions?
The distinguished Mr Dowd asked:
Apparently some do!
Wonder how many she actually paid for.
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I am from California and have seen the Wind Farms of the Altamont Pass off I580. These have been operating for decades but many of them are not working and they yearly kill hundred of thousands of birds. Also in CA in many towns out in the desert they have built solar farms but them within 10 years they are useless.
I moved to the east coast in 96. One thing that I do not see good with either Wind or Solar is that they require individual connections and with less or very high wind or darkness affecting solar these do not produce power. Also in both wind turbines and solar they require metals that are not produced in the USA and are expensive.
It takes something like 300-500 of the largest windmills to replace 1 typical power plant. Many more when the wind drops, like 8 times as many for a half speed drop. It makes no sense at all.
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