Comparison with existing
Texas electric generating plants 3
Not exact matches
People in
Texas will plug in
electric vehicles to their wind - powered grid, while Northeasterners might rely on nuclear -
generated electricity.
But because of wind's variable nature, the
Electric Reliability Council of
Texas, which manages the grid, only includes 8.7 percent of wind generation in estimating available power at peak conditions, even though it frequently
generates a much greater amount.
This important fact seems to have escaped T. Boone Pickens, the legendary oil tycoon from
Texas who is now promoting a plan to replace natural gas in the
electric power sector with wind -
generated electricity and use the freed up natural gas to power a fleet of NGVs.
The recent retirement of older
generating units and high peak usage owing to economic growth could tighten operating reserves in the region served by the
Electric Reliability Council of
Texas (ERCOT) this summer.
* The huge
Texas projects will provide very little electricity, particularly when compared to total Texasí
electric generation and to the output from «conventional»
generating plants.
The huge
Texas projects will provide very little electricity, particularly when compared to Total Texasí
electric generation and to the output from «conventional»
generating plants 2 1.
Finally we moved to
Texas where I got on Green Mountain Energy's 100 % wind -
generated electricity (&, of course, we bought our home close to work), so even though I spend maybe $ 5 or $ 10 more a month for electricity in our all -
electric home, the $ hundreds in savings from my other measures, and our great reduction in KWHs over the years makes this more than feasible.
Indeed, last month the
Electric Reliability Council of
Texas said that the latest data on wind turbine performance and costs suggests that wind power is likely to be more cost - effective than natural gas over the next 20 years, and it could account for the majority of new
generating capacity added over that that time in
Texas.