USA grid by 2040
The U.S. Energy Information Administration obviously didn't get oil pan 4's memo, and their various industry people are on-track for a 2040 constituting:
13.6% solar
27.6% wind
6.2% hydro
2.7% 'other' renewables
for a total of 50.1% of total US electric power as renewable, along with 19% nuclear, to make 69.1% of grid power non-fossil-fueled.
There doesn't appear to be apprehension about 'spinning reserves' created from non-carbon sourced 'peaking plants.'
Advances in solid-state transformers, voltage regulation, current regulation, intelligent energy management, bi-directional energy flow, reactive power compensation, power quality improvement, silicon carbide semiconducter switching, silicon carbide cascode amplification/ rectifying, low forwards voltage drop, low power dissipation, etc., make substitution of fossil-fuel-powered peaking plants a no-brainer.
The Organization of Energy Exporting Stars ( OEES ) has stated categorically that, the Sun will never embargo it's energy to Earth.
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