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A comment on California grid set record of 97% renewable power on April 3.

Re:California grid set record of 97% renewable power on April 3 by aatharuv on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @05:48PM (#31103491)
What I wonder is the breakdown of sources.

Solar? Hydro electric? (I wonder if roof top solar is included here).

Also, note this was over a very short period of time. And there's still night time, when solar doesn't operate, except for whatever got stored into batteries.

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Re:California grid set record of 97% renewable power on April 3 by outside1234 on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @06:36PM (#31103969)
Consumed roof top solar would not be included (but the portion put into the grid would) - which makes this number even more impressive
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Re:California grid set record of 97% renewable power on April 3 by qndreoi on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @08:28PM (#31104775)
There's a website for that: https://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/supply.html#sectio...
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Re:California grid set record of 97% renewable power on April 3 by BHSPitMonkey on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @08:27PM (#31104762)
> Also, note this was over a very short period of time.

That's usually how setting a "record" (i.e. a high water mark) works. It doesn't mean the trend line isn't moving in the right direction.

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