California Admits Wind & Solar Aren’t Reliable – Commissions Five New NatGas Plants
By
Anthony Watts -
August 21, 2021 5
Natural Gas-Fired, Combined-Cycle Power Plant equipped with emissions control technology; Wind Turbines visible in the background; East San Francisco Bay Area, California Licensed from 123rf.com
In a surprise about-face in California’s love affair with the climate change darlings of wind and solar energy, it was announced on Friday 8/13 that California’s Department of Water Resources is now in the process of designing, financing, and building five new 30-megawatt natural gas power plants. According to recent news reports, these go “counter” to the state plan of decarbonizing the electricity grid to reduce emissions.
As reported in the Fresno Bee, CA Assembly member Jim Patterson broke the news:
The decision to install the five plants has been a result of flawed policies by decision-makers, he said.
“California has been forced to do this because we now have growing demand on a grid that has flattening supplies and that has caused these Flex Alerts,” he said.
“Our grid is destabilized because of political decisions.”
https://climaterealism.com/2021/08/california-admits-wind-solar-arent-reliable-commissions-five-new-natgas-plants/
