wineboyrider said:
Excellent article on wind power being cheaper than natural gas in NM. Not an expert on the maths, but it seems there are some energy cost savings involved and the claim is that wind energy is cheaper than abundant natural gas from the Permian Basin (the soon to be bigger than Saudia Arabian Ghawar oil field)
I am an economist, but this seems interesting, please chime in.
What do they plan for when the wind doesnt blow and no power is generated,..or maybe only 5% of demand ?
Maybe the same as Germany and install 100% thermal backup ?
...or a few 100 GWh of battery ?
But That may affect their overall costs a little. ,!