Mucho se habla de energías renovables y poco de la necesidad de tener un respaldo para su desarrollo. Me refiero a lo indicado en un post anterior, Energía Eólica, una Opción Real? donde se ponía en duda la efectividad de este tipo de energía por no ser 100% autónoma.
La Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States de Estados Unidos (IPAMS) en un artículo dirigido al candidato Barack Obama recuerda que una política de incentivo a las ERNC (especialmente eólica y solar) debe ser acompañada por incentivos a las energías convencionales como el gas natural.
La comunicación señala:
“Solar and wind facilities simply cannot exist without increased supplies of natural gas,” said Marc Smith, IPAMS executive director. “As we welcome the Democratic delegates to Denver, we remind them that efforts to increase our reliance on wind and solar energy will require increased domestic natural gas supplies.”
According to the Department of Energy, by 2030, 25 percent of our energy will come from natural gas (an increase of 5 percent from 2007), and about 8 percent will come from renewable energy sources. As the U.S. increases its reliance on solar and wind energy, more clean-burning natural gas will be needed to fill the gaps when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. For example, with each kilowatt hour of wind power installed, there is a corresponding kilowatt hour of natural gas back-up capacity added.
“Natural gas producers are proud to be the silent partners to renewable energy,” said Smith. “As the delegates craft their party’s platform and vision for the future this week, we hope they’ll remember that policies creating a higher demand for natural gas while limiting the creation of new supplies are a recipe for disaster.
“Legislation that causes more bureaucratic delays and further limits access to federal lands where vast amounts of our energy resources are located will limit domestic natural gas supplies and keep wind and solar from becoming a viable energy sources,” concluded Smith.
“Solar and wind facilities simply cannot exist without increased supplies of natural gas,” said Marc Smith, IPAMS executive director. “As we welcome the Democratic delegates to Denver, we remind them that efforts to increase our reliance on wind and solar energy will require increased domestic natural gas supplies.”
According to the Department of Energy, by 2030, 25 percent of our energy will come from natural gas (an increase of 5 percent from 2007), and about 8 percent will come from renewable energy sources. As the U.S. increases its reliance on solar and wind energy, more clean-burning natural gas will be needed to fill the gaps when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. For example, with each kilowatt hour of wind power installed, there is a corresponding kilowatt hour of natural gas back-up capacity added.
“Natural gas producers are proud to be the silent partners to renewable energy,” said Smith. “As the delegates craft their party’s platform and vision for the future this week, we hope they’ll remember that policies creating a higher demand for natural gas while limiting the creation of new supplies are a recipe for disaster.
“Legislation that causes more bureaucratic delays and further limits access to federal lands where vast amounts of our energy resources are located will limit domestic natural gas supplies and keep wind and solar from becoming a viable energy sources,” concluded Smith.