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]]> https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/08/03/commentary-%e2%80%9cenergy-overdevelopment%e2%80%9d/#comment-35375 Jenna R. Herman Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:14:51 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=8969#comment-35375 The world's largest geothermal power installation is The Geysers in California, with a rated capacity of 750 MW. Geothermal power has the advantage that it is not variable, like most of the other renewable sources. There are four factors to consider in providing 100% of a country's energy from renewable sources - transmission when local resources are greater or less than needed, storage for the same reason, excess capacity to provide sufficient demand, and use of biomass or geothermal to fill in for when wind and solar are insufficient. While the solutions are not fundamentally different from those used with conventional non-renewable sources, the technology is. For example, transmission lines and storage have been used almost since the beginning of electricity use, but as late as 2008 wind power and solar power provided less than 0.25% of total energy (1/400th). The world’s largest geothermal power installation is The Geysers in California, with a rated capacity of 750 MW. Geothermal power has the advantage that it is not variable, like most of the other renewable sources. There are four factors to consider in providing 100% of a country’s energy from renewable sources – transmission when local resources are greater or less than needed, storage for the same reason, excess capacity to provide sufficient demand, and use of biomass or geothermal to fill in for when wind and solar are insufficient. While the solutions are not fundamentally different from those used with conventional non-renewable sources, the technology is. For example, transmission lines and storage have been used almost since the beginning of electricity use, but as late as 2008 wind power and solar power provided less than 0.25% of total energy (1/400th).

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