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In Texas, local opposition to the renewables has largely focused on the idea that solar and wind are more expensive than fossil fuels, because their intermittency require a buildout in gas power as a backup — as the right-wing Texas Public Policy Foundation argued in a January report.
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 24 Feb. 2025
Enhanced by wave energy convertors, this technology adapts to varying wave sizes, ensuring power generation with minimal intermittency.
—Elena Bou, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Engineers hope the technology could one day smooth out the intermittency of electricity produced by offshore wind farms and other renewable energy sources.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 July 2014
Solar and wind cost about $60 and $50 per megawatt-hour, respectively, but the cost of battery storage to offset the intermittency of sunshine and wind brings their costs up to about $135 and $89 per megawatt-hour, according to an analysis by the financial and energy consulting firm Lazard.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Saul Elbein, The Hill, 24 Feb. 2025
Enhanced by wave energy convertors, this technology adapts to varying wave sizes, ensuring power generation with minimal intermittency.
—Elena Bou, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Engineers hope the technology could one day smooth out the intermittency of electricity produced by offshore wind farms and other renewable energy sources.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 July 2014
Solar and wind cost about $60 and $50 per megawatt-hour, respectively, but the cost of battery storage to offset the intermittency of sunshine and wind brings their costs up to about $135 and $89 per megawatt-hour, according to an analysis by the financial and energy consulting firm Lazard.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Intermittency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intermittency. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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