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 power, and energy surpluses in Chile—which have resulted in straight-up
free power—are
starting to have negative effects on the energy industry. It's not the worst problem to have, but it's still a problem.