California grid ran on 100% renewables for a record 98 days

https://electrek.co/2024/12/31/california-grid-100-percent-renewables-no-blackouts-cost-rises/

by hochmartinez • 2 years ago

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toomuchtodo• 2 years ago

Study: https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/Others...

https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/califo...

https://www.energy.ca.gov/news/2024-05/new-data-shows-invest...

https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-CAL-CISO

marinmania• 2 years ago

This paper shows that the main grid in the world’s fifth-largest economy was able to provide more than 100% of the electricity that it used from only four clean renewable sources: solar, wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal, for anywhere from five minutes to over 10 hours per day for 98 out of 116 days during late winter, all of spring, and early summer, as well as for 132 days during the entire year of 2024, without its grid failing.

The title of the article, and the initial framing, is not what most people would interpret as the meaning on their first read.

The title makes it sound like California ran on 100% renewables for 98 days, but it ran on 100% renewables for small chunks of time (as low as 5 minutes) over 98 non-consecutive scattered days.

California grid ran on 100% renewables for a record 98 days

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