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Re:Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid by hunterpayne on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @06:51PM (#47159796)
You refuse to understand the difference between capacity and utilization. That mass of solar still only makes about 1/6th the actual number of watts of power delivered to the grid. Anyone who shows you capacity numbers about energy generation is intentionally lying to you. Capacity factor matters. The capacity factor of nuclear is .9. For Hydro and FF, its .6. For solar its .1. That means 9 watts of solar capacity generates the same amount of power as 1 watt of nuclear capacity or 1.5 watts of Hydro capacity. That's why you keep getting shown capacity instead of utilization (the number that matters).
Re:Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid by WhompingWindows on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @07:12PM (#47160023)
Parent didn't mention either capacity or utilization? The article itself is mentioning generation. Not sure where you're getting what you're responding to?
Re:Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid by hunterpayne on Thursday February 26, 2026 @01:06PM (#47169683)
The article reports capacity (which doesn't matter) not utilization (which does). Not sure why you are responding about a topic about which you literally don't know the first thing.
Re:Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid by _whiteCaps_ on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @07:02PM (#47159914)
Capacity factor solar is highly variable. AFAIK in Arizona it's something like 0.3.