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Re:Wind, solar farms produce 10% of US power in the first fo... by philipkglass on Saturday June 30, 2018 @01:43AM (#17429640)
There are big battery storage moves coming up too.

A 300 MW/1200 MWh project planned in California by Vistra Energy:

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vistra-energy-to-de...

Another California project, 182.5 MW/700 MWh from Tesla/PG&E:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/PG-E-Tesla-team...

Have We Reached Peak Peaker? ‘I Can’t See Why We Should Build a Gas Peaker After 2025’

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/battery-storage...

A Reckoning for Power Giants: Siemens May Sell Its Gas Turbine Business

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/siemens-may-sel...

I remember when solar power was ridiculously expensive. I'm amazed that in sunny regions it is transitioning so quickly from "more expensive than the most expensive fossils" to "cheaper than the cheapest fossils." Not long ago I thought that natural gas was going to have significantly more time to savor its victory over coal before being dethroned in turn.

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Re:Wind, solar farms produce 10% of US power in the first fo... by toomuchtodo on Saturday June 30, 2018 @08:47AM (#17430701)
The Tesla/PGE project is estimated to be up to 1GW of storage.
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Re:Wind, solar farms produce 10% of US power in the first fo... by kwhitefoot on Sunday July 01, 2018 @02:14AM (#17434354)
Do you mean 1 GW hour?
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