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2023-09-27 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Texas power grid will be impacted by Oct. 14 solar eclipse, ERCOT says

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-27 05:50|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 Solar maximum could hit us harder and sooner than we thought. How dangerous will the sun's chaotic peak be?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-27 05:53|| 2023-09-27 05:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmmm, so photovoltaic generation resources produce no power when the sun is not shining. On my planet, we call that nighttime.

Posted by SteveS 2023-09-27 08:19|| 2023-09-27 08:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Another reason that solar is a joke. An expensive to the taxpayers joke.

Posted by EMS Artifact 2023-09-27 08:26|| 2023-09-27 08:26|| Front Page Top

#4 There's a solar farm not far from where I live. Has the active, tilting panels that follow the sun.
I'm contemplating going past there during the eclipse to see if the mechanism gets confused.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-09-27 09:10|| 2023-09-27 09:10|| Front Page Top

#5 minimal impact

furthermore, it is during a period when electricity is considerably less than peak

Posted by lord garth 2023-09-27 10:31|| 2023-09-27 10:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Any chance to bag on Texas. Especially now they have to power all the newcomers.

Ed, I hope the array self-animates and vows revenge for its creation, like some Steven King story or Legend of Zelda contraption.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-09-27 13:34|| 2023-09-27 13:34|| Front Page Top

#7 I noted the article said there is a 61% chance of cloudy conditions at the best viewing site.

If you can't see the eclipse, will it still impact the grid?

Posted by Bobby 2023-09-27 17:34|| 2023-09-27 17:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Not if we do an Apocolypto style sacrifice of Green Agenda Reps.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-09-27 17:47|| 2023-09-27 17:47|| Front Page Top

#9 So, that should kinda be a morning routine?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-27 23:29|| 2023-09-27 23:29|| Front Page Top

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