Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England

[Jessica-stormlover]

Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England​

With the planned retirement of Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., New England will become coal-free.
March 28, 2024 Anne Fischer

Coal plant.
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Following a settlement between Sierra Club, The Conservation Law Foundation, and the Environmental Protection Agency, New Hampshire’s two coal plants will close and be replaced by a solar plant with battery storage.
Under the settlement agreement, Granite Shore Power (GSP), owner of the two plants, shall cease operation of the Merrimack plant no later than June 1, 2028 and the Schiller plant no later than December 31, 2025.
After a long, but eventually fruitful fight, the Sierra Club estimates that 560 MW of fossil-fuel derived energy is set to go offline. GSP stated that from its “earliest days” the company had planned to transition its fossil-fuel burning facilities to clean energy, and said that the agreement to close the plants will facilitate the creation of “the first-of-their-kind renewable energy parks” in N.H.

Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England

With the planned retirement of Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., New England will become coal-free.

pv-magazine-usa.com

BYE BYE! One more step closer to ending coal for good! Poisonous shit!

 

[excalibur]

And when the power is most needed, neither solar nor wind can be asked to increase their output. It is all dependent on the wind and the sunshine. Duh!

Meanwhile, China, India, and Pakistan are building hundreds of coal-fired power plants.

 

[Synthaholic]

And when the power is most needed, neither solar nor wind can be asked to increase their output. It is all dependent on the wind and the sunshine. Duh!

Meanwhile, China, India, and Pakistan are building hundreds of coal-fired power plants.

Dumbass doesnt know what 'storage' means.

 

[Papageorgio]

Here is our wonderful lithium mines, so much nicer and less intrusive than coal mines!

The Environmental Impacts of Lithium and Cobalt Mining

We cannot talk about the green transition without taking the environmental impacts of lithium and cobalt mining into account.

earth.org

All we are doing is trading environmental nightmares.

 

[MarathonMike]

Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England​

With the planned retirement of Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., New England will become coal-free.
March 28, 2024 Anne Fischer

Coal plant.
I

Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England

With the planned retirement of Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., New England will become coal-free.

pv-magazine-usa.com

BYE BYE! One more step closer to ending coal for good! Poisonous shit!

If you live there, I highly recommend a backup FUEL POWERED generator. Just sayin

 

[BlindBoo]

BYE BYE! One more step closer to ending coal for good! Poisonous shit!

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/us-thermal-coal-exports-hit-5-year-highs-top-5-billion-2023-2024-02-01/

 

[mudwhistle]

Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England​

With the planned retirement of Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., New England will become coal-free.
March 28, 2024 Anne Fischer

Coal plant.
I

Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England

With the planned retirement of Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., New England will become coal-free.

pv-magazine-usa.com

BYE BYE! One more step closer to ending coal for good! Poisonous shit!

Good luck trying to charge up your EV using Solar.

 

[BlindBoo]

And when the power is most needed, neither solar nor wind can be asked to increase their output. It is all dependent on the wind and the sunshine. Duh!

Meanwhile, China, India, and Pakistan are building hundreds of coal-fired power plants.

in 2023 46% of NE power was generated by NG. Renewables accounted for only 11%.

https://www.iso-ne.com/static-assets/documents/2021/03/new_england_power_grid_regional_profile.pdf

 

[Dekster]

Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England​

With the planned retirement of Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., New England will become coal-free.
March 28, 2024 Anne Fischer

Coal plant.
I

Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England

With the planned retirement of Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., New England will become coal-free.

pv-magazine-usa.com

BYE BYE! One more step closer to ending coal for good! Poisonous shit!

That's all well and good but New Hampshire does not strike me as an optimal place for solar output. Perhaps they should go with wind turbines instead.

 

[Orangecat]

Meanwhile, China, India, and Pakistan are building hundreds of coal-fired power plants.

And paving their way to replace the UK as first world nations.

 

[Orangecat]

All we are doing is trading environmental nightmares.

 

[1srelluc]

Meh.....Enjoy next winter.

 

[Vrenn]

And when the power is most needed, neither solar nor wind can be asked to increase their output. It is all dependent on the wind and the sunshine. Duh!

Meanwhile, China, India, and Pakistan are building hundreds of coal-fired power plants.

We can put Coal back on top of the energy and we won't have any sunlight. Either we do something about it or we end up with a runaway c02 like Venus has. BTW, if Venus didn't have a runaway global heating problem, it might have life on it. Venus is actually in the Goldielocks area and even has other features that allows earth to have life. But with it's runaway greenhouse going, nothing we know of an survive. We can't even land anything on it because of the heat and pressure destroys the lander very quickly.

 

[westwall]

Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England​

With the planned retirement of Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., New England will become coal-free.
March 28, 2024 Anne Fischer

Coal plant.
I

Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England

With the planned retirement of Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., New England will become coal-free.

pv-magazine-usa.com

BYE BYE! One more step closer to ending coal for good! Poisonous shit!

Wow, look at all that terrible water vapor coming out of the smoke stacks.

Huh.....water....

 

[westwall]

We can put Coal back on top of the energy and we won't have any sunlight. Either we do something about it or we end up with a runaway c02 like Venus has. BTW, if Venus didn't have a runaway global heating problem, it might have life on it. Venus is actually in the Goldielocks area and even has other features that allows earth to have life. But with it's runaway greenhouse going, nothing we know of an survive. We can't even land anything on it because of the heat and pressure destroys the lander very quickly.

Take a science class. Earth doesn't have anything approaching the amount of carbon to create a CO2 atmosphere.

Venus is hot not because of the ghg effect of CO2, it's hot because of the DENSITY of the atmosphere.

I suggest you start with the Ideal Gas Laws.

Study them until you actually understand them.

 

[Libby von H]

Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England​

With the planned retirement of Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., New England will become coal-free.
March 28, 2024 Anne Fischer

Coal plant.
I

Solar and storage to replace the last coal plants in New England

With the planned retirement of Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. and Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., New England will become coal-free.

pv-magazine-usa.com

BYE BYE! One more step closer to ending coal for good! Poisonous shit!

We saw a coming horror the other day with Texas residents in horror as storms destroyed a solar panel area and leaching of chemicals was feared. But the point is , Most people don't know what BIden did behind their back about 3 weeks ago

BLM proposes to open 22 million acres in Western states to solar development​

 

[BlindBoo]

That's all well and good but New Hampshire does not strike me as an optimal place for solar output. Perhaps they should go with wind turbines instead.

Coal is being replace by NG because it's cheaper. Renewables are just adding extra capacity.

 

[mudwhistle]

That's all well and good but New Hampshire does not strike me as an optimal place for solar output. Perhaps they should go with wind turbines instead.

Yeah......killing birds and destroying the environment to build acres of windfarms.

Good idea.

 

[BlindBoo]

Yeah......killing birds and destroying the environment to build acres of windfarms.

Good idea.

https://www.axios.com/2018/03/07/fact-checking-zinkes-bird-death-claim-1520379825

House cats kill far more than wind farms.

 

[mudwhistle]

https://www.axios.com/2018/03/07/fact-checking-zinkes-bird-death-claim-1520379825

House cats kill far more than wind farms.

How many house cats do you know that can cut the wings off of Bald Eagles.