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In the UK, solar was able to provide 23.7% of power demands. That's more than Nuclear provided. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/26/solar-powe
by edent 9y ago
In the UK, solar was able to provide 23.7% of power demands. That's more than Nuclear provided.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/26/solar-power-breaks-uk-records-thanks-sunny-weather https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/26/solar-po...
Now, the caveat is that was at "solar peak" one afternoon in May.
As I type this, on a grey afternoon, solar is providing 6% of the UK's electricity. See http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoThe early peak records are also often on holidays or weekends, as total demand is lower and coal/gas gets shut down first as it has a higher marginal cost. Still good to see progress, but you're going to see records broken regularly for years to come as the instant, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly records get broken again and again.