{"id":365625,"date":"2025-02-10T12:17:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T11:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=365625"},"modified":"2025-02-10T12:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T11:17:46","slug":"wind-blowing-somewhere-does-not-solve-the-intermittency-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=365625","title":{"rendered":"Wind Blowing Somewhere Does Not Solve the Intermittency Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"402\" data-attachment-id=\"365641\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365641\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Solar-panels-in-the-rain-cloudy-1280px-shutterstock-153683459.webp?fit=1280%2C713&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,713\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Solar-panels-in-the-rain-cloudy-1280px-shutterstock-153683459\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Solar-panels-in-the-rain-cloudy-1280px-shutterstock-153683459.webp?fit=723%2C402&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Solar-panels-in-the-rain-cloudy-1280px-shutterstock-153683459.webp?resize=723%2C402&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Solar-panels-in-the-rain-cloudy-1280px-shutterstock-153683459.webp?resize=1024%2C570&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Solar-panels-in-the-rain-cloudy-1280px-shutterstock-153683459.webp?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Solar-panels-in-the-rain-cloudy-1280px-shutterstock-153683459.webp?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Solar-panels-in-the-rain-cloudy-1280px-shutterstock-153683459.webp?resize=1200%2C668&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Solar-panels-in-the-rain-cloudy-1280px-shutterstock-153683459.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2025\/02\/09\/wind-blowing-somewhere-does-not-solve-the-intermittency-problem\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roger Caiazza<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October 2023 an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2023\/10\/24\/the-wind-is-always-blowing-somewhere-fallacy\/\">article of mine<\/a>&nbsp;was published here that addressed the wind is always blowing somewhere fallacy used by green energy proponents to argue that large amounts of storage and any new dispatchable emissions-free resources are not necessary in a future electric system that relies on wind and solar generating resources.&nbsp; I recently discovered the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/gridmonitor\/dashboard\/electric_overview\/US48\/US48\">US Energy Information Administration Hourly Electric Grid Monitor<\/a>&nbsp;that provides hourly net generation by energy source for the Lower 48 states.&nbsp; This article describes 2024 energy source data with an emphasis on wind energy relative to the \u201cwind is always blowing somewhere\u201d claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wind Lulls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t think anyone is claiming that extended periods of low wind and solar resources is not an issue.\u00a0 In September\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parkergallantenergyperspectivesblog.wordpress.com\/2024\/09\/19\/industrial-wind-turbines-show-up-at-the-party-almost-always-after-everyone-has-left\/\">Parker Gallant noted<\/a>\u00a0that industrial wind turbines (IWT) in Ontario \u201cshow up at the party, almost always, after everyone has left\u201d in a post that described poor performance of the province\u2019s wind turbines over a five-day period in September 2024.\u00a0 I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pragmaticenvironmentalistofnewyork.blog\/2024\/12\/04\/september-new-york-dunkelflaute-or-wind-lull\/\">evaluated<\/a>\u00a0the performance of New York\u2019s 2,454 wind turbine fleet and found that there was an hour when the total generation was 0.2 MW during this September event.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/ddf4753c-202d-46f6-a7a5-f26cde69fca2?j=eyJ1IjoiMjIzd2lmIn0.KZtiLLteof7meSCxG315cXZHCW8mTI2Jnm19X0tlWnc\">David Theilen directly addressed<\/a>\u00a0the wind is always blowing somewhere argument with this graph using data from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/gridmonitor\/dashboard\/electric_overview\/US48\/US48\">US Energy Information Administration Hourly Electric Grid Monitor<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"335\" data-attachment-id=\"365628\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365628\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-142.png?fit=1092%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1092,505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-142.png?fit=723%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-142.png?resize=723%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-142.png?resize=1024%2C474&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-142.png?resize=300%2C139&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-142.png?resize=768%2C355&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-142.png?w=1092&amp;ssl=1 1092w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 1:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/gridmonitor\/dashboard\/electric_overview\/US48\/US48\">US Energy Information Administration Hourly Electric Grid Monitor<\/a>\u00a0December 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EIA data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used the data dashboard at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/gridmonitor\/dashboard\/electric_overview\/US48\/US48\">US Energy Information Administration Hourly Electric Grid Monitor<\/a>&nbsp;as the source of the hourly 2024 generation by energy source data used in this analysis. &nbsp;EIA notes that this is \u201cHourly total net generation and net generation by energy source for the Lower 48 states.\u201d&nbsp; &nbsp;The settings widget enables a user to change the time and period albeit hourly data are only available for up to 31 days, so I had to import data by month.&nbsp; There is another issue.&nbsp; January generation categories included Wind, Solar, Hydro, Unknown, Other, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal, and Nuclear.&nbsp; December generation categories changed to Battery storage, Solar with integrated battery storage, Pumped storage, Unknown energy storage, Wind, Solar, Hydro, Unknown, Other, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal, and Nuclear.&nbsp; I made no attempt to account for the different categories when I downloaded the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pragmaticenvironmentalistofnewyork.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/us-eia-electric-energy-source-analysis-2025-02-08.xlsx\">data<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"378\" data-attachment-id=\"365629\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365629\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-143.png?fit=1091%2C571&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1091,571\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-143.png?fit=723%2C378&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-143.png?resize=723%2C378&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-143.png?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-143.png?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-143.png?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-143.png?w=1091&amp;ssl=1 1091w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 2:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/gridmonitor\/dashboard\/electric_overview\/US48\/US48\">US Energy Information Administration Hourly Electric Grid Monitor<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted to show the installed capacity for the different energy sources but I was only able to find EIA values for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.perplexity.ai\/search\/using-us-eia-2024-lower-48-sta-nbRUTOzmQNq0r2UCWdEmVQ\">solar<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 107,400 MW.\u00a0 Figure 3 shows the Maximum Hourly Generation (MW) in 2024 for the primary energy source categories that gives an idea how much capacity is installed for each energy source.\u00a0 Note the maximum solar is 75% of the EIA installed capacity.\u00a0 I expect the percentage of installed wind relative to the observed maximum hourly MW would be even less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"440\" data-attachment-id=\"365631\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365631\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-144.png?fit=852%2C518&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"852,518\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-144.png?fit=723%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-144.png?resize=723%2C440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-144.png?w=852&amp;ssl=1 852w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-144.png?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-144.png?resize=768%2C467&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 3: US Energy Information Administration Hourly Electric Grid Monitor 2024 Maximum Hourly Generation (MW)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Figure 4 lists the US Energy Information Administration Hourly Electric Grid Monitor 2024 Total Energy (GWh).\u00a0 I was frankly surprised how much wind capacity was generated on an annual basis.\u00a0 However, totals and averages are not the primary planning issue \u2013 determining how much energy is needed in the worst case is a prerequisite for reliability planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"496\" data-attachment-id=\"365633\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365633\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-145.png?fit=761%2C522&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"761,522\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-145.png?fit=723%2C496&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-145.png?resize=723%2C496&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-145.png?w=761&amp;ssl=1 761w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-145.png?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 4: US Energy Information Administration Hourly Electric Grid Monitor 2024 Total Energy (GWh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Table 1 summarizes nationwide energy source hourly data for 2024.&nbsp; Solar has the most hourly variability because it is unavailable at night.&nbsp; Wind has 95% variability and petroleum that is used for peaking purposes has 99% variability.&nbsp; Only nuclear has less variability than the total energy.&nbsp; The distribution of wind energy hourly output is notable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Table 1: US Energy Information Administration Electric Grid Monitor 2024 Hourly Data Distribution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"367\" data-attachment-id=\"365634\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365634\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-146.png?fit=1091%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1091,554\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-146.png?fit=723%2C367&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-146.png?resize=723%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-146.png?resize=1024%2C520&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-146.png?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-146.png?resize=768%2C390&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-146.png?w=1091&amp;ssl=1 1091w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a general idea of the variability of the wind resource across the Lower 48 consider Figure 5 graph of annual hourly data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"302\" data-attachment-id=\"365636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365636\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-147.png?fit=1092%2C456&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1092,456\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-147.png?fit=723%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-147.png?resize=723%2C302&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-147.png?resize=1024%2C428&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-147.png?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-147.png?resize=768%2C321&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-147.png?w=1092&amp;ssl=1 1092w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 5: US Energy Information Administration Hourly Electric Grid Monitor 2024 Hourly Wind Energy Production (MW)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I could not find a map of wind energy facilities at the EIA website.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.synapse-energy.com\/tools\/interactive-map-us-power-plants\">Synapse Energy<\/a>\u00a0has developed an interactive map of U.S. power plants, including wind facilities which is shown as Figure 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"455\" data-attachment-id=\"365637\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365637\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-148.png?fit=1091%2C686&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1091,686\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-148.png?fit=723%2C455&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-148.png?resize=723%2C455&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-148.png?resize=1024%2C644&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-148.png?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-148.png?resize=768%2C483&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-148.png?w=1091&amp;ssl=1 1091w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 6: Synapse Energy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/synapse.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/201fc98c0d74482d8b3acb0c4cc47f16\">Map of U.S. Wind Power Plants<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assuming that the EIA wind energy facilities are similar to those used by Synapse Energy it is clear that there is a wide spatial distribution across the Lower 48.&nbsp; &nbsp;In the next step I analyzed temporal variation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Table 2 provides an estimate of wind lulls at different thresholds.&nbsp; I evaluated the hourly data to determine the total available wind energy (GWh) available when the total available wind capacity was less than six percentile thresholds. &nbsp;At the first percentile only 14,440 MW or less was generated.&nbsp; This level is 15% of the maximum observed hourly wind capacity.&nbsp; There were 14 episodes that met this threshold and total energy generated during those periods was 988 GWh.&nbsp; From a planning standpoint the maximum duration is important.&nbsp; There was a 14-hour period when all the Lower 48 wind facilities produced less than 15% of the maximum observed capacity and the total energy generated was only 29 GWh which is only 2% of the capability over that period.&nbsp; At the 25<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;percentile, all the wind facilities produced 40% of the maximum observed capacity.&nbsp; There were 180 episodes that met this threshold and total energy generated during those periods was 63,430 GWh.&nbsp; For the maximum duration there was a 115-hour period when all the Lower 48 wind facilities produced less than 40% of the maximum observed capacity and the total energy generated was 2,319 GWh which is 21% of the capability over that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Table 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>US EIA Electric Grid Monitor 2024 Hourly Wind Lulls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"352\" data-attachment-id=\"365639\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365639\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-149.png?fit=740%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"740,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-149.png?fit=723%2C352&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-149.png?resize=723%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-149.png?w=740&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-149.png?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a stretch to try to extrapolate these data for planning purposes to determine the resource gap for a specific area.&nbsp; A sophisticated analysis that addresses the location of the wind facilities, the interconnections between the facilities, and the generation from other resources on an hour-by-hour basis is required.&nbsp; Nonetheless, using the data to guess the impacts is instructive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To take advantage of the wind blowing somewhere argument it would be necessary to upgrade the transmission system.&nbsp; Assuming that transmission is available there is still a clear need for backup energy.&nbsp; If the entire wind energy system would need to produce 50% of the maximum observed capacity to cover both local and distant energy needs note that this analysis found that 25% of the time only 40% of the maximum was available. The worst case was a 115-hour period when all the Lower 48 wind facilities produced only b2,319 GWh of a possible 11,150 GWh.&nbsp; Assuming 50% of the maximum is needed to support the system there would be an energy gap of 3,256 GWh over this 115-hour period.&nbsp; At a cost of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.perplexity.ai\/search\/what-is-the-cost-of-utility-sc-XT0kKV.7S.erHQF0A9K5aw\">$148\/kWh to $400\/kWh<\/a>&nbsp;the storage needed for this event would be $482 to $1,302 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, Russ Schussler (the Planning Engineer)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2025\/02\/01\/how-the-green-energy-narrative-confuses-things\/\">published an article<\/a>&nbsp;that argued that the intermittency issue addressed here might be solvable: \u201cThe long-term problems associated with wind and solar due to their intermittency could and may likely be made manageable with improved technology and decreasing costs.\u201d&nbsp; In my opinion, practically speaking it is not possible.&nbsp; It would be necessary to upgrade the electric transmission system, deploy short-term storage, and develop and deploy a dispatchable emissions-free resource all to address short and infrequent periods and to somehow finance those resources with those constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Importantly, even if intermittency can be addressed Schussler argues that there is a fatal flaw:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overcoming intermittency though complex and expensive resource additions at best gets us around a molehill which will leave a huge mountain ahead. Where will grid support come from?&nbsp; Wind, solar and batteries provide energy through an electronic inverter. In practice, they lean on and are supported by conventional rotating machines. Essential Reliability Services include the ability to ramp up and down, frequency support, inertia and voltage support. For more details on the real problem see this posting.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/judithcurry.com\/2024\/12\/05\/wind-and-solar-cant-support-the-grid\/\">\u201cWind and Solar Can\u2019t Support the Grid\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;describes the situation and contains links to other past postings provide greater detail on the problems.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Green energy advocates who minimize the challenge of transitioning the electric grid to wind and solar rely on the claim that the \u201cwind is always blowing somewhere\u201d.&nbsp; &nbsp;The 2024 wind energy data suggest otherwise.&nbsp; I have no doubt that a proper electric reliability resource planning analysis would verify that my intermittency concerns are real and that revolving the issues would be prohibitively expensive. &nbsp;Coupled with the grid support issues, the green dream of a wind and solar electric generating system is a fantasy that will never be viable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roger Caiazza blogs on New York energy and environmental issues at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pragmaticenvironmentalistofnewyork.blog\/\">Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York<\/a>.&nbsp; This represents his opinion and not the opinion of any of his previous employers or any other company with which he has been associated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October 2023 an\u00a0article of mine\u00a0was published here that addressed the wind is always blowing somewhere fallacy used by green energy proponents to argue that large amounts of storage and any new dispatchable emissions-free resources are not necessary in a future electric system that relies on wind and solar generating resources.\u00a0 I recently discovered the\u00a0US Energy Information Administration Hourly Electric Grid Monitor\u00a0that provides hourly net generation by energy source for the Lower 48 states.\u00a0 This article describes 2024 energy source data with an emphasis on wind energy relative to the \u201cwind is always blowing somewhere\u201d claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":365641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691833228,691818118,691818728,691818852],"class_list":{"0":"post-365625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-electric-grid-monitor","9":"tag-green-energy","10":"tag-wind-and-solar","11":"tag-wind-power","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0Solar-panels-in-the-rain-cloudy-1280px-shutterstock-153683459.webp?fit=1280%2C713&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1x7b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":285066,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=285066","url_meta":{"origin":365625,"position":0},"title":"The Wind is Always Blowing Somewhere Fallacy","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"25\/10\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Scene off Norfolk coast ** Note: Slight graininess, best at smaller sizes New York has set a goal for its electricity to be 70% powered by clean energy by 2030. 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