Xcel sets (world) record for electricity from wind (55.6% of demand produced by wind power)

[jpak]

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19343828

Early on Oct. 6, Xcel Energy set a world record for electricity from wind power.

Between 4 and 5 a.m. that day, 55.6 percent of the electricity consumed by Xcel's 1 million customers in Colorado came from wind farms dotting the state.

"That is the highest recorded wind penetration record in the world for a utility system, as best we know," said Michael Goggin, manager of transmission for policy for the American Wind Energy Association, a trade group.

The previous high — 53 percent — was recorded in 2009 in Spain, Goggin said.

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[Wilms]

1. .

:nuke:

[Laf.La.Dem.]

2. Wind power will NEVER replace coal, gas, etc.

oops - never mind

[Kolesar]

3. One of my Sierra Club friends organized the "renewable energy portfolio standard" lobby in Colorado

:yay:

[pscot]

4. A little solar, some geo-thermal

a bit of hydro and natural gas to top it up, e voila. Fuck the coal companies.