Re:California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables ...
by akira2501 on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @03:36AM
(#40049315)
It's also notable that battery capacity has increased quite a bit over the past year. The reduction in NG power plants output after sundown is pretty remarkable.
Re:California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables ...
by stevenhuang on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @03:53AM
(#40049423)
This is also what I see. Solar exceeded demand for hours in the few days I saw.
I don't think parent actually clicked around in the link he provided.
The headline on the original article seems unhelpful and perhaps deliberately misleading, but unless I’m reading the graphs wrong (quite possible!) this also doesn’t seem, like, a 15 minute window at 2 a.m. where unexpectedly strong winds created a temporary blip of excess production.