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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1153421)	7/30/2019 10:22:14 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 1570097

California gas plant to be re-powered with batteries + solar For the second time in a month a fossil fuel-fired power plant in California is set to be replaced by a battery powered by a solar, including distributed solar. A small portion of the former plant will be retained. July 29, 2019 Tim Sylvia Neoen Hornsdale Battery Public Share While it has been no secret that the City of Glendale, California has been looking to re-power the aging gas-fired Grayson Power Plant with renewables, details the scope of that project, as well as the carveouts for each specific type of generation proved to be scarce. That all has changed, however, as the city has released a plan to replace all but one of the plant’s existing generation facilities with a mix of battery storage, distributed solar and geothermal energy. Broken down by capacity, the plan calls for a 75 MW, 300 MWh battery energy storage system, up to 50 MW of distributed solar projects, energy efficiency and demand response programs. The plan also calls to keep the “peaker” portion of the former plant, which totals 93 MW of gas generation from up to five combustion turbines. And if you’ve ever doubted that strong policy leads to real change, know that the City of Glendale has stated that the plant’s re-powering is being done pursuant to SB 100. That bill is the clean energy mandate passed last year, which has a looming benchmark of 60% renewable generation from utilities by 2030, on the way to its 100% clean energy by 2045 mandate. This now marks the second California power plant this month that is set to be replaced, at least partially, through battery storage. The other is an infamous jet fuel-burning plant in Oakland, set to be replaced by a 20 MW, 80 MWh battery storage system. In fact, this news from Glendale will likely mark the final bit chapter what has been the month of the battery. Battery deployment is likely the next domino to fall in the path of the energy revolution, and with those future capacity predictions from the Energy Information Administration and the wild increase in year-to-year battery investment, it’s falling fast. What’s especially exciting is that not only are we now seeing large-scale batteries as a solution for retiring power plants, but these batteries are now being fed by distributed energy. Every day, the dream of a grid built upon distributed generation becomes less of a hope and more of a reality, thanks to town like Glendale. pv-magazine-usa.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1153421)

7/30/2019 10:28:59 AM

From: Sdgla

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You lie.

The problem with anthropogenic global warming is that the "science" behind it falsely assumes that CO2 causes warming. Then they input that falsity into their forward projections and get false results.
Less than 20 years ago they claimed the Arctic would have zero ice by now. None of the global warming "forecasts" have been accurate.
If you review "climategate" and "climategate 2" it's apparent that temperature data from AGW proponents is not trustworthy.
As for the constant lies about "warmest on record"...what "record" are they referring to?

What we WILL be seeing is the media continue to beat everyone over the head about places on the planet where it gets warm and ignore the places where it's getting very cold.

"Media's Hysteria Increases as the Globe Cools"

The people running the global warming scam have a reason for not wanting people to see what's coming.