Here is a look at the #Texas Wind (avg over all state) for each month for last 175 years. It's the average capacity factor for each month. Our climate data suggests events like that of the last few weeks will occur ~4 more times before 2050.
Here is the same analysis for #solar across #Texas. Please note that these plots assume uniform installations across all of the state.
Here are the same plots, but weekly rather than monthly. More noisy, but we think useful!
We will release wind, solar and temperature data for Texas averages as well as Climate data for the state soon. These will be available for all for free on our website.
Even noisier is the daily values for wind.
Daily solar production estimates for the whole state of Texas. Please note this is for the entire state covered homogeneously with solar panels (1-axis tracking).
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Today, we have released our full technical report on the "Why Local Solar and Storage Costs Less". Two weeks ago, we released the main findings: savings of $473 billion when co-optimizing distribution. This released provides more details!
The full technical report shows that the cost savings comes from lower distribution spending and higher utilization of variable renewables. The additional costs of local solar and storage are much lower than the benefits unlocked. #energytwitter
We present four (of our 15) scenarios that show what DERs can do under BAU and a nationwide CES. We augmented our WIS:dom®-P modeling software during the course of the study to better represent the distribution grid. We did this using an interface (or event horizon)
⚡️NEW STUDY RELEASE⚡️: Consumer, Employment, and Environmental Benefits of Electricity Transmission Expansion in the Eastern United States w/ @CleanEnergyGrid@gogginmichael@DrChrisClack. A short thread...
High-level: If the Eastern US aims for 95% GHG reduction by 2050 (65% by 2035) it could have 6 million new jobs, $100 billion reduced costs, and over 80% generation from wind and solar. How? This is enabled by new high-voltage transmission connecting everything together
Note that transmission and storage actually work together in a decarbonized grid because they provide complementary benefits. Storage provides temporal diversity and transmission provides geographic diversity. The sum of the two are greater than the parts.
Colorado can reduce electricity cumulatively save $1.8 billion by 2040. At the same time, it can grow the electricity job market by 70,000 and reduce GHG emissions by 75% from 2005 levels.