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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on April 16, 2024, 12:35:03 AM

Title: Cali Grid: Wind-Water-Solar
Post by: rcjordan on April 16, 2024, 12:35:03 AM

https://twitter.com/mzjacobson/status/1779614175075197142

Mark Z. Jacobson on X: "This is not an anomaly. It is the new reality. The percentages will only increase each year Once again, California exceeds 100% of demand on its main grid with #WindWaterSolar This is the 30TH OF THE PAST 38 DAYS that #WWS supply has exceeded demand for 0.25-6 h per day.

Title: Re: Cali Grid: Wind-Water-Solar
Post by: ergophobe on April 17, 2024, 02:29:33 AM

I would not have expected that 10 years ago

I recently read that the 2015 IEA projections for 2115 solar capacity have already been hit. 91 years early

The thing about exponential growth is that if you get the base wrong, the error compounds pretty damn fast.