Re:California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables ...
by roryirvine on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @05:34AM
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So, at four and a half hours before sunrise.
The big driver of renewables in California is solar - check the graph for the whole of yesterday, and you'll see how different the picture is during the day.
Yes, there's still a gap overnight which over time will come to be filled by more wind and battery storage. But California's really lucky with solar - it's already so cheap and easy that it makes battery storage financially viable even using today's tech. It's now just a matter of continuing to scale it out...
The big driver of renewables in California is solar - check the graph for the whole of yesterday, and you'll see how different the picture is during the day.
Yes, there's still a gap overnight which over time will come to be filled by more wind and battery storage. But California's really lucky with solar - it's already so cheap and easy that it makes battery storage financially viable even using today's tech. It's now just a matter of continuing to scale it out...