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> Seems like having an available 5% bonus on peak (!) usage is a huge deal, actually. CalISO showed a peak demand today of ~42GW. 125MW is more than nothing bu
by ac29 4y ago
> Seems like having an available 5% bonus on peak (!) usage is a huge deal, actually.
CalISO showed a peak demand today of ~42GW. 125MW is more than nothing but nowhere close to 5% of peak usage.
- akira2501 4y agoAnd solar was providing about 3GW less than it was about a month ago. Lower solar output but spiking fall temperatures. It's sort of a "coffin corner" for the state, currently.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoI think they meant that if grid batteries are a good thing (which they are), then distributed batteries equal to 5% of their peak contribution, isn't nothing. (125MW/2751MW)
- archi42 4y agoThe baseline is not zero GW. If the grid planned for 35 to 40GW of demand for today and then sees 42GW load, the 0.125GW are over 5% of the excess load. Serving baseline from batteries is unrealistic and will be for quite some time. Smoothing peaks or helping with unexpected high (or low!) load however is slowly becoming viable.