Here is the rebuttal to those who claim renewable energy is too unreliable and too expensive and will never provide a significant share of our electricity.
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Texas is expecting 21,000 MW of wind-generated electricity, and their transmission grid is only built to handle 18,500. To put that in context, a typical coal plant handles 600 MW. That might mean that turbines will have to rest idle at times. This isn't the first time or place for this to happen. The UK has also struggled with the challenge of surplus powerhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/07/uk-will-have-too-much-electricity-this-summer-national-grid-fore/, and energy surpluses in Chile-which have resulted in straight-up http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a21228/chile-solar-energy-surplus/ free powerhttp://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a21228/chile-solar-energy-surplus/-are starting to have negative effects on the energy industry. It's not the worst problem to have, but it's still a problem.
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Texas Is Drowning in Wind Energyhttp://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a22228/texas-is-drowning-in-wind-energy/ www.popularmechanics.com Yes, you can have too much of a good thing.