{"id":23393,"date":"2025-04-18T08:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opalco.com\/?p=23393"},"modified":"2025-04-18T08:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:55:10","slug":"la-respuesta-del-liderazgo-de-opalco-a-opalco-parece-haber-olvidado-que-vivimos-en-el-noroeste-del-pacifico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opalco.com\/es\/la-respuesta-del-liderazgo-de-opalco-a-opalco-parece-haber-olvidado-que-vivimos-en-el-noroeste-del-pacifico\/2025\/04\/","title":{"rendered":"Respuesta del liderazgo de OPALCO a \u201cOPALCO parece haber olvidado que vivimos en el noroeste del Pac\u00edfico\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carta al editor:<\/p>\n<p>La reciente carta que critica los esfuerzos de OPALCO en materia de energ\u00eda solar refleja un malentendido com\u00fan sobre c\u00f3mo funciona la planificaci\u00f3n de la energ\u00eda limpia.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00ed, la producci\u00f3n solar alcanza su m\u00e1ximo en verano y disminuye en invierno. No es de extra\u00f1ar: as\u00ed es como funciona el sol. Pero esto no es un defecto fatal; es un par\u00e1metro de dise\u00f1o conocido. OPALCO y el sector de servicios p\u00fablicos en su conjunto lo tienen en cuenta en su planificaci\u00f3n. De hecho, OPALCO incluye expl\u00edcitamente el almacenamiento en bater\u00edas en su estrategia de recursos para distribuir la energ\u00eda a lo largo de horas y d\u00edas, y est\u00e1 explorando activamente tecnolog\u00edas de almacenamiento de mayor duraci\u00f3n, como las bater\u00edas de flujo y las qu\u00edmicas de hierro-aire, que podr\u00edan ayudar a cubrir las interrupciones estacionales en los pr\u00f3ximos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>La afirmaci\u00f3n de que la energ\u00eda solar solo produce electricidad significativa durante 3 o 4 meses es simplemente falsa. Incluso en el clima del Pac\u00edfico Noroeste, la energ\u00eda solar proporciona energ\u00eda \u00fatil durante 7 u 8 meses al a\u00f1o. Los paneles generan energ\u00eda incluso en d\u00edas nublados, y los factores de capacidad al oeste de las Cascadas a\u00fan superan los 15%, lo que no es pr\u00e1cticamente nulo.<\/p>\n<p>Acusar a OPALCO de enga\u00f1o porque sus gr\u00e1ficos no coinciden con el patr\u00f3n de demanda individual es enga\u00f1oso. La empresa de servicios p\u00fablicos debe planificar las necesidades de todo el sistema, no solo las de un hogar. Su modelado incorpora la demanda anual, la volatilidad de los precios del mercado, las necesidades de energ\u00eda de respaldo y el crecimiento futuro, incluyendo la carga de veh\u00edculos el\u00e9ctricos y los transbordadores electrificados.<\/p>\n<p>La afirmaci\u00f3n ambiental tambi\u00e9n fracasa. La energ\u00eda solar a gran escala se encuentra entre las fuentes de energ\u00eda de menor impacto disponibles. No emite contaminaci\u00f3n, no quema combustible y puede instalarse en terrenos de bajo valor o perturbados. Las opciones de doble uso, como el pastoreo y el h\u00e1bitat de polinizadores, son cada vez m\u00e1s comunes. Por el contrario, la dependencia continua de la energ\u00eda importada \u2014gran parte de ella de origen f\u00f3sil o hidroel\u00e9ctrica limitada\u2014 conlleva riesgos ambientales y econ\u00f3micos reales.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00ed que aqu\u00ed est\u00e1 la verdadera pregunta para quien escribe la carta: Si no es con energ\u00eda solar local, \u00bfde d\u00f3nde cree exactamente que provendr\u00e1 nuestra energ\u00eda? \u00bfDeber\u00edamos quemar m\u00e1s gas? \u00bfDependemos de los mercados durante las crisis energ\u00e9ticas provocadas por el clima? \u00bfO no hacemos nada y vemos c\u00f3mo aumentan los precios y los cortes de luz?<\/p>\n<p>La carta concluye diciendo que el proyecto \u00absuena bien, pero los beneficios no son lo que parecen\u00bb. Nosotros argumentamos lo contrario: es hora de dejar de descartar soluciones reales y funcionales solo porque no son perfectas.<\/p>\n<p>-El equipo de liderazgo de OPALCO<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carta al editor: La reciente carta que critica las iniciativas solares de OPALCO refleja una incomprensi\u00f3n generalizada sobre c\u00f3mo funciona la planificaci\u00f3n de energ\u00edas limpias. S\u00ed, la producci\u00f3n solar alcanza su punto m\u00e1ximo en verano y disminuye en... <a class=\"co-blog_post--morelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opalco.com\/es\/la-respuesta-del-liderazgo-de-opalco-a-opalco-parece-haber-olvidado-que-vivimos-en-el-noroeste-del-pacifico\/2025\/04\/\" aria-label=\"Leer m\u00e1s sobre: Respuesta del liderazgo de OPALCO a \u201cOPALCO parece haber olvidado que vivimos en el noroeste del Pac\u00edfico\u201d\">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,599],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-board","category-the-island-way"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>OPALCO Leadership Response to \u201cOPALCO seems to have forgotten we live in the Pacific NW\u201d - OPALCO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opalco.com\/es\/la-respuesta-del-liderazgo-de-opalco-a-opalco-parece-haber-olvidado-que-vivimos-en-el-noroeste-del-pacifico\/2025\/04\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OPALCO Leadership Response to \u201cOPALCO seems to have forgotten we live in the Pacific NW\u201d - OPALCO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Letter to the Editor: The recent letter criticizing OPALCO\u2019s solar efforts reflects a common misunderstanding of how clean energy planning works. 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