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In the state with the most solar built out in the US the curtailment is 5% https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=49276 https://www.eia.gov/todayinener
by megaman821 4y ago
In the state with the most solar built out in the US the curtailment is 5% https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=49276 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=49276.
- pfdietz 4y agoWhich is of course meaningless, since curtailment increases with the amount of installed wind/solar. What matters is how much curtailment there would be in an optimal all-renewable energy system. I tell you what: show me a cost optimized renewable energy system in which the electrolyzers have a capacity factor of 5%.