onemany t1_ixd1l3t wrote
Reply to comment by flow_man in U.S. regulators approved a plan to demolish four dams on the lower Klamath River and open hundreds of miles of salmon habitat in the largest dam-removal and river-restoration project in the world. by doginasweater39
It's like ~170MW according to pacificorp. The dams were built in 1912 and 1960ish. Pacificorp added like 2200 MW of renewable energy since 1980 and has plans to generate 12k MW of renewable energy by 2040.
I'm not sure what's up with the pearl clutching.
flow_man t1_ixdtgw4 wrote
170MW is a crazy high amount of electricity lost to the grid. Who's pearl clutching? This is being replaced by a gas plant.
If your an environmentalist you just advocated for oil and gas over the best and most reliable form of renewable energy production.
ydouaskbeta t1_ixdvplq wrote
Not very renewable if the water levels dropping friend
flow_man t1_ixe31zt wrote
Water levels dropping from drought does not make it a non-renewable or even account for the future. This is incredibly short term thinking. Hydro electric dams are thought of on a centennial scale not a year to year or even a decade.
If such reactionary measures were used consistently we would just ALWAYS have duel systems of renewables and non-renewables in ever case INSTEAD of being able to rely on hydro in a lot of cases solely because it is an incredible stable and long living power source.
onemany t1_ixdz5fr wrote
"Replacing the Klamath River dams' renewable energy won't be difficult, PacifiCorp officials say. The company has developed nearly 1,600 megawatts of new wind energy in the past five years."
JohnSnowsPump t1_ixed63v wrote
It's like he thinks he is the first person to think of this.
The project has been planned for decades, alternatives have been considered and the benefits have been calculated.
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