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McEntush: Grid costs spike once renewables reach 50-75% penetration
“As you attach more of these sort of renewable resources or sort of these non-reliable resources, while they're incredibly cheap and works most of the time, sort of this long tail risk, you know, once you get to like, 50 to 75% of the grid is gonna become very,…”
Ryan McEntush Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 16:51 America's Energy Problem: We Need A New Grid
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McEntush: Modular reactor startups requiring on-site construction remain construction firms
“If you build a reactor in a factory or you build modular components in a factory, but you still need to do construction work on site, you're still a construction company.”
Ryan McEntush Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 34:34 America's Energy Problem: We Need A New Grid
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McEntush: Energy consumers prioritize reliability first, cost second, and cleanliness third
“People want cheap reliable, cheap, and clean power in that order.”
Ryan McEntush Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 48:38 America's Energy Problem: We Need A New Grid
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McEntush: Wind power reliability depends on transmission lines
“People often say, like, the wind is always blowing somewhere, but that only matters if you have the transmission lines to move wind from one place to another.”
Ryan McEntush Mar 27, 2024 ▶ 10:16 The Electric Grid, Explained
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McEntush: Scaling renewable energy requires proportional grid storage expansion
“And so if we're going to increase the amounts of solar and wind on the grid, we also need to proportionally increase the amount of storage. And this is going to be very significant challenge.”
Ryan McEntush Mar 27, 2024 ▶ 21:41 The Electric Grid, Explained
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