Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/02/solar-passes-100-of-power-demand-in-california/

by nathandaly • 2 years ago

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LUmBULtERA• 2 years ago

It's awesome to see the duck curve finally easing in an area with a lot of battery storage. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next few years brings -- hopefully fossil fuel demand in California get decimated. 2024 consumption of natural gas for electricity consumption should see a large decline once the full data is out.

matthewdgreen2• 2 years ago

And then this needs to spread to other states. The ones with lots of sunshine first, and then the ones with lots of wind and offshore wind (we're starting to see major buildouts off the East Coast.) It gives me a lot of faith in humanity that we're making real progress on these problems.

cmxch• 2 years ago

Good luck trying to get it in the Appalachians or like minded states. You’ll have to use some appeal other than science to get any traction.

mistrial92• 2 years ago

agree this is awesome and congrats to all.. electric vehicles are just starting however as a percentage of road miles. Expect electricity demand to continue to increase steeply?

peter422• 2 years ago

The good news is that electric car charging will be mostly done whenever power is cheapest and demand is lowest so it should be the easiest possible extra demand for the grid to support.

conjecTech• 2 years ago

Norway's vehicle fleet is now 25% EVs and their per capita electricity usage is the same it was a decade ago[1]. Oil infrastructure uses a ton of electricity, and California refines most of the oil it consumes because of its geography and unique fuel blend. EVs may actually reduce California's overall electricity usage.

[1] https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/08313

Gibbon1• 2 years ago

The logistics of containerized batteries is hard to overstate.

You have a near commodity item produced in volume. That can be shipped anywhere via standard means. And installed where convenient. As in next to existing power infrastructure and where the permits and land use are grandfathered in. Bonus, generally quiet and don't pollute.

jimbobthrowawy• 2 years ago

I'm still waiting for the day I can easily find them online with a more explicit price than "contact us".

opwieurposiu• 2 years ago

You can DIY store 10kWh+ of solar in your water heater:

https://www.pvh2o.com/

When I plug data for LA into the simulator I get a payback of 1.4 years.

Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]

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