This is a very informative article. One interesting statement was: "(Note that while the low-carbon share is at record highs, renewables’ share of the mix remains slightly below where it was in 1960. This is due to the growth of overall electricity demand.)"
If we assume EV use will increase the electrical demand at a rate greater than the decrease caused by increased efficiency, then in the next 20 years electrical demand will increase. Unlike the period 2009 - 2016 where the electrical demand decreased. Using the statement above as a guide and information from the article, renewables share of the mix will decrease and natural gas share will increase. This would be the conclusion from the article; however, I am not sure I agree. ________________________________ From: EV <ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org> on behalf of Peter Eckhoff via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 2:59 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: Peter Eckhoff Subject: Re: [EVDL] How the US generates electricity The interesting thing about this carbon brief map is that my 5kw array is not listed. My installation predates a number of the large 5+ MW installations that are highlighted when moused over. It would take a thousand of my type of installations to make up one yellow dot on the map but I know that there are such roof top installations in this state just by the sheer number of solar installation companies and by how long they have been in business. I am wondering if this map is under reporting the amount of solar sourced generation taking place? And if so, are other sources of information under reporting the total amount of electricity being generated? We may be "cleaner" than we think. Also, what about solar hot water? On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 11:46 PM, Rush Dougherty via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-how-the-us-generates-electricity [https://www.carbonbrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/us-map-screeshot.jpg]<https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-how-the-us-generates-electricity> Mapped: How the US generates electricity | Carbon Brief<https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-how-the-us-generates-electricity> www.carbonbrief.org For the first time Carbon Brief has plotted the United States' power stations in an interactive map to show how and where the US generates electricity. > > Here is an excellent site, Carbonbrief.com, that has a great interactive > graphic > about how we generate our electricity. This kind of website should be > extremely > useful in the future if the EPA and other governmental websites do not > publish > public information. > > Take AZ for example. If I rem correctly, an area 10 miles by 10 miles of > solar > panels could generate enough electricity for the AZ usage alone, but yet > we have > the majority of our elec produced by gas, coal and nuclear... which I am > sure is > much more than 10 miles square of the power plans, train tracks, gas lines > etc. > > The problem as we all know is storage... but it seems like that problem is > going > to be solved, or is already solved if we just start manufacturing enough > storage > capacity. > > Rush Dougherty > www.TucsonEV.com<http://www.TucsonEV.com> J1772 Adapter | Home<http://www.tucsonev.com/> www.tucsonev.com This page is about a J1772 Adapter boxes, plugs and inlets for Electric Vehicle Charging > Tucson AZ 85719 > > Rush Dougherty > Tucson AZ 85719 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub [http://www.evdl.org/images/evdl.jpg]<http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub> EVDL Subscription Information and Help<http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub> www.evdl.org About the EVDL: The Electric Vehicle Discussion List, founded in 1991 by EV enthusiast Clyde Visser, is an active and vital source of information and help for people ... > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org EV -- Electric Vehicle Discussion List - lists.evdl.org ...<http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org> lists.evdl.org The Electric Vehicle Discussion List is a forum for discussing the current state of the art and future direction of electric vehicles (EVs). We define an EV as a ... > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ > group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20171020/109eb483/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20171020/6b92bcc5/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
