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Re:Solar Surpasses Gas and Wind as Biggest Source of New U.S... by durkie on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @11:05AM (#17293908)
True. I guess the overall point I was trying to make is that the low capacity factor of solar strengthens the case for this beginning the real transition to renewables, since utilities are used to low capacity-factor assets (and are still choosing solar in spite of that drawback)
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Re:Solar Surpasses Gas and Wind as Biggest Source of New U.S... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @11:24AM (#17294149)
At some point within the next 3-5 years, storage + solar will exceed the capacity factor of natural gas without the fuel price volatility.
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