This article explores the complex relationship between renewable energy sources like solar and wind and their dependence on natural gas for grid stability and reliability.
Authored by Robin Gaster via RealClearEnergy, Solar and wind are rolling out rapidly in the U.S. They account for about 19 percent of energy generation today, and could reach more than 40% by 2030. This clean energy will rapidly replace coal, and many expect it will simply replace natural gas as well. But that's a mistake In fact, solar and wind will depend on gas for decades to come. Today, solar and wind are relatively low cost, and prices will likely fall further.
Hydropower is cheap to run, a mature and well-established technology, and its generators last for decades. But we are removing more dams than we build, and there is no U.S. appetite for the dozens of huge new dams that would be needed. Conversely, green hydrogen suffers from very low efficiencyit takes 100KWh of green electricity to provide 40KWh of stored dispatchable electricityand it is very expensive to make and store, while transportation is also expensive and can cause serious emissions.
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