Hatin Since 87
Bacon Hater
Of all the depressing news I’ve heard the past week, this takes the cake.Go Boilers! (Sorry Bug, but technically my degree is from Purdue even though I finished it at IUPUI. I gotta side with foszoe on this. )
Of all the depressing news I’ve heard the past week, this takes the cake.Go Boilers! (Sorry Bug, but technically my degree is from Purdue even though I finished it at IUPUI. I gotta side with foszoe on this. )
Pfft... Like I'm gonna care what a bacon hater thinks about me. I'll have you know that it only took me about 8 years to get my Associate degree! Of course I was in the accelerated program.Of all the depressing news I’ve heard the past week, this takes the cake.
I never said you were for subsidies, I just said those and the state mandating the power co. buy power from the wind/solar co were the reason for seeing so many pop up.Haven't mastered splitting quotes yet so sorry if this is a little confusing.
On a side note.....my German Shepherd just showed great character......lifted his head off my feet so he could listen to David Allan Coe in Stereo. If that ain't country....
Anyway, if I haven't made it clear, I am not in favor of subsidizing green energy or anything else really. HOWEVER, I understand it better when its done by a state. At the the state's PUC has a say instead of FERC mandating but anyway....
I will leave the analysis of the economics to the folks here that like to argue specifics like that. I am simply saying alternative energy sources are going to displace coal first most likely.
When was the last time the NRC permitted a nuclear plant? I think it was Watts Bar in TVA? Those don't go up every year.
Gas is a unique creature right now because it is so cheap it is undercutting coal and it is much cheaper to interconnect a gas turbine. That's why we are seeing a lot of combined cycle gas turbines built AND seeing old coal plants turned into natural gas fired plants. Noblesville CC is an example of that.
The need for reactive resources that coal plants are being met by synchronous condensers. Since you are in NIPSCO, that's what they converted the old Bailey Generating station into. When people want to talk about power transfer and raise objections like we were discussing last night, thats usually what they are discussing, not really MW output but MVar output. The longer the lines, the more angular stability becomes a factor.
I don't actually know if I see an option to go green on the bill, I just pay it. I am on Duke's system. I get too pissed off about the rider for the Edwardsport IGCC plant that had so many cost overruns. If my bill fluctuates, I may look at it some.
Transmission lines are being beefed up, but not to add new coal. Several 345 kV corridors (3?) have come into service in the last few years to move wind energy from Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, etc this direction. You will always run into NIMBY issues with transmission.
Where would it be without the subsidies and such though?Look at wind now. It is over Nuclear generation, over Natural Gas Generation and over 1/2 of Coal output. See that little Solar number?
This time next year it will be probably be in the thousands. That won't be Biden's fault. The interconnection queue for these things has a multiyear backlog.
Like it or not its already here.
You are an engineer. Applying current day technology to future results often turns out faulty. You just wanna be cantankerous and I get that
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No, Bailly was not converted to a gas fired unit.I never said you were for subsidies, I just said those and the state mandating the power co. buy power from the wind/solar co were the reason for seeing so many pop up.
And I do understand about the nuc plants, people freak out when they hear the dreaded word. Which IMO is a large part of the reason they don't get approved.
I understand about gas being cheaper right now, from my understanding a lot of that has to do with production from oil fracking but not sure.
I thought Bailly was turned into a gas fired peaker plant?
Okay.No, Bailly was not converted to a gas fired unit.
They even retired the blackstart unit.
The same can be said for pretty much all coal and nuclear generation when it comes to subsidies.
Read the article. Didn't see a single union say they regretted supporting Biden. Didn't like the Keystone decision? Sure.So it appears several unions regret supporting Biden. What a joke, he told them he was shutting down the pipeline, why the surprise he did what he said? About as bad as members here thinking Biden is not coming after guns like he said he would.
"Insulting"- Labor Unions That Endorsed Biden Now Lashing Out At Him | The Gateway Pundit | by ProTrumpNews Staff
Joe Biden has already made labor unions regret their support for him.www.thegatewaypundit.com
From the article.Read the article. Didn't see a single union say they regretted supporting Biden. Didn't like the Keystone decision? Sure.
“The Biden Administration’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit on day one of his presidency is both insulting and disappointing to the thousands of hard-working LIUNA members who will lose good-paying, middle-class family-supporting jobs,”
Another from the article.Read the article. Didn't see a single union say they regretted supporting Biden. Didn't like the Keystone decision? Sure.
“In revoking this permit, the Biden Administration has chosen to listen to the voices of fringe activists instead of union members and the American consumer on Day 1.”
Denial. It is a terrible thing.So it appears several unions regret supporting Biden. What a joke, he told them he was shutting down the pipeline, why the surprise he did what he said? About as bad as members here thinking Biden is not coming after guns like he said he would.
"Insulting"- Labor Unions That Endorsed Biden Now Lashing Out At Him | The Gateway Pundit | by ProTrumpNews Staff
Joe Biden has already made labor unions regret their support for him.www.thegatewaypundit.com