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Wednesday, December 21st, 2022

This little-known bottleneck is blocking clean energy for millions

Author:     Shannon Osaka
Source:     The Washington Post
Publication Date:     December 20, 2022 | 6:30 a.m. EST
 Link: This little-known bottleneck is blocking clean energy for millions
Stephan:   This is a sad report. What it is telling me is that the American government has degenerated from actually creating a government that fosters wellbeing to one that is basically a culture war. A group of angry Whites has created MAGAt world, funded by fascist oligarchs. This minority cohort is resentful, hate-filled, angry, and feels they are somehow victims. As a result, they elect retaliatory grotesque cartoon characters. You know the names.  As this report makes clear what we need are ethical competent men and women who create social policies that prepare us for climate change and get us successfully out of the carbon era, and foster wellbeing for all the beings of the earth.
Vapor rises from a geothermal power station along the coast of the Salton Sea near Calipatria, Calif., in December 2021. Credit: Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty

To achieve America’s goal of shifting 80 percent of the country’s electricity away from fossil fuels by the end of the decade, there will have to be a massive transformation. That means solar farms peppering the landscape from California to New York; offshore wind turbines standing high above the waves off the coast of New Jersey; nuclear power plants emitting steam in rural areas. Together, these projects would have to add around 950 gigawatts of new clean energy and 225 gigawatts of energy storage to the grid.

And right now, projects accounting for at least 930 gigawatts of clean energy capacity and 420 gigawatts of storage are waiting to be built across the country.

They just can’t get connected to the grid.

These roadblocks — known as“interconnection queues” — are slowing America’s energy transition and the country’s ability to respond to climate change.

“It’s a huge problem,” said David […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 10:58 am

    Every intelligent person should agree with your assesment, Stephan!