Re:California grid set record of 97% renewable power on April 3
by rogers18445 on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @11:15PM
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In that case the metric of how much power the state requires in the context of renewable energy is useless. Instead state the % of overall energy production in the state being renewable.
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Re:California grid set record of 97% renewable power on April 3
by SamBam on Thursday April 21, 2022 @12:30AM
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Disagree.
"97% of some state's energy production was renewable" doesn't tell you much, because they could be a state that hardly burns any fossil fuels.
"California managed to produce enough renewable energy to power 97% of the needs of a state the size of California" actually tells you how much renewable energy it generated, and why that's a big deal.
Re:California grid set record of 97% renewable power on April 3
by trenchgun on Thursday April 21, 2022 @01:52AM
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The problem is that it's just not true, when formulated in that way.
Re:California grid set record of 97% renewable power on April 3
by rogers18445 on Thursday April 21, 2022 @01:36PM
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In that case, you need to provide additional information. Because this coverage is not consistent, since renewables are intermittent and storage appears to be a dream.