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And right now, 15.24 wind is providing 16.8GW (26% of capacity, 21% of total electricity production in DE) and solar 23GW (38% capacity, 28% total production DE
by piva00 5y ago
And right now, 15.24 wind is providing 16.8GW (26% of capacity, 21% of total electricity production in DE) and solar 23GW (38% capacity, 28% total production DE).
A single data point at 6am doesn't tell much, neither does one at 15.24.
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- tjansen 5y agoThe 6am data point shows you that simple overprovisioning is not sufficient. DE would have needed about 500 GW wind capacity to replace fossil fuels at 6am. At least without having any other backup.