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Re:Samsung asks for planning permission for 11 fabs in Texas by hadleybelter on Sunday July 24, 2022 @05:43PM (#32218054)
The most recent issues for which the Texas electrical grid was in the news for, the near-blackouts earlier this month, were specifically because of unpredictably low wind speeds in west Texas which reduced Texas's expected wind generation from ~20 GW to under 2 GW during the periods of peak demand. For context, peak demand in Texas is around 80 GW. Taking 18+ GW off the table is a huge blow. 18 GW is more than the entire electrical demand of most US states.

Fox news has nothing to do with it. Generation capacity being reduced by nearly 25% due to unpredictably low wind speeds is physics. It's a huge problem being faced, and sticking your head in the sand and crying "fake news" isn't helpful.

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Re:Samsung asks for planning permission for 11 fabs in Texas by reddog on Sunday July 24, 2022 @09:51PM (#32219754)
"near-blackout". Isn't that another way of saying that they matched capacity and demand almost perfectly?
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Re:Samsung asks for planning permission for 11 fabs in Texas by hotpotamus on Sunday July 24, 2022 @07:35PM (#32218909)
https://www.ercot.com/ gives you some idea of what's going on in TX at any given time. One neat thing about summer is that peak demand also tends to be because of AC use which also correlates with sunshine. Works for the summer at least.
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