The U.S. has over 4,000 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity, one of the best offshore wind resources in the world, a new report from UC Berkeley, Energy Innovation, and Grid Lab finds. If the correct policy actions are taken in the near term, those resources could account for as much as one quarter of U.S. […]

Offshore Wind Resources Could Meet 25% Of US Demand::Offshore Wind Resources Could Meet 25% Of US Demand

  • Chemical WonkaEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    the actual demand or the future demand considering the exponential demand for energy?

    • @[email protected]English
      4•1 year ago

      This is untrue, power demand has been largely flat since the 2000s.

      Efforts at efficiency, moving away from incandescent bulbs (ludicrously inefficient), and other changes have had significant effects:

      https://www.statista.com/statistics/201794/us-electricity-consumption-since-1975/

      We’re having an increase now, likely from EVs, but understand the time of demand also matters, solar panels are most effective almost at the exact time we have the highest demand from air conditioning, and in the same locations, which dramatically reduces the need for peaker plants.

      The downsides are our utilities have become less efficient from bureaucracy and political exploitation (great place to put an idiot nephew and get kickbacks from).

      We need to decentralize the grid more, which utilities are fighting tooth and nail.