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1/10 Battery storage in the Texas power market very likely to be a poor investment, but over 100,000 MW is now in the interconnection queue. Let's break down this down.⚡️🔋 #energytransition
2/10 It’s always been easy to develop power generation in Texas. Most battery storage projects are targeting a slim ancillary services market with a total of about 5k MW with over 3k MW already in operation. When supply > demand in power markets prices quickly collapse.
3/10 Long-lived assets to avoid saturating their market and collapsing profitability they need deep and durable markets. Yet in ERCOT, there's no capacity market (the deepest market). What's left is the energy market. But can it provide the necessary support? 🏭💡 #EnergyPolicy
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What is California is getting itself into?
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sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…
#ongt #natgas
Bay Area bureaucrats and politicians are talking about banning even #naturalgas water heaters and furnaces... Electric heating costs are higher. San Francisco will pay 2.5x more for electric heating than gas.
homeguides.sfgate.com/comparing-cost…
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3/ and San Diego to make a retroactive mandate costing consumers tens of thousands of dollars whether they want #NaturalGas or not, all the while putting additional strain on the electricity grid.
lnkd.in/g5z2yQZi
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We have just published our Review of Energy Policy: 2018!
Check out the thread below for a summary of all our recommendations.
Read the review in full here: bit.ly/2BsqDqf
On #Transport: The target for phasing our conventionally fuelled vehicles is inadequate. The @transportgovuk ‘Road to Zero’ (‘ICE ban 2040’) may neither hit the target nor make the early gains needed for a 1.5°C trajectory. @_chris_brand_ @jillian_anable
On #electricity: policy should build on Electricity Market Reform that has worked well & adapt in the light of technology/cost changes. Change in ‘black start’ incentives & other ancillary services are needed to ensure the system remains resilient @energyukcomms @ngcontrolroom
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