Comment Comment by kmax12 > At peak, renewables provide up to ~90% of California's electricityIn fact, renewable generation regularly hit more than 100% of load in California during April and June of this year. The peak was 132% of load [0]!How can generation be more than 100% of load? California was exporting power to other regions.We track all this data and more across the United States at Grid Status: https://www.gridstatus.io/home[0] https://www.gridstatus.io/records/caiso?record=Maximum%20Ren... parent kmax12 3 years ago
In fact, renewable generation regularly hit more than 100% of load in California during April and June of this year. The peak was 132% of load [0]!
How can generation be more than 100% of load? California was exporting power to other regions.
We track all this data and more across the United States at Grid Status: https://www.gridstatus.io/home
[0] https://www.gridstatus.io/records/caiso?record=Maximum%20Ren...