Meanwhile, in NYC...

[Jolly]

Good luck, you're gonna need it...

https://electrek.co/2023/01/26/new-york-city-offshore-wind-power-us-first/

[jon-nyc]

NYS has a pretty diverse grid, almost no coal. Like less than 0.5%, if I recall correctly.

We’re something close to 50% nat gas, 25% hydro (there’s a big waterfall in the state), and 25% nuclear.

[Jolly]

Texas got reamed last ice storm. The wind turbines would not work.

Don't y'all have those pretty frequently?

[jon-nyc]

Often enough, but it probably helps that electricity demand is roughly 20% less in the winter.

There’s almost no electric heat up here. Even electric stoves are uncommon.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, in NYC...:

Often enough, but it probably helps that electricity demand is roughly 20% less in the winter.

There’s almost no electric heat up here. Even electric stoves are uncommon.

Until AOC gets her way! Mwahahaha!

[Copper]

Windmills don't work on skyscrapers for several reasons, I think the big one is turbulence.

I wonder if we'll start to see buildings designed to catch the wind. There is a lot of wind 1,000 feet up.

[Axtremus]

For sky scrapers, I wonder if arrays of smaller windmills (as opposed to one large one) will work.