4 ms·
(27.67% - 22.74%) / ~3 years = 1.6% per year, a little larger of a rate than 0.3%/quarter, though, also it appears to have accelerated.
by pflanze 3y ago
(27.67% - 22.74%) / ~3 years = 1.6% per year, a little larger of a rate than 0.3%/quarter, though, also it appears to have accelerated.
- adgjlsfhk1 3y agopart of this is that since renewable is free to run while fossil fuel isn't, renewable mostly runs at 100% availability with fossil fuel making up the gaps.
- JoeAltmaier 3y ago100% availablility? Except for nighttime, or when the wind goes down?
- adgjlsfhk1 3y agopossibly poorly phrased, but what I meant is that you pretty much never turn your solar panel off, but if it is a sunny or windy day you will stop pumping natural gas into a gas generator.
- cinntaile 3y agoPushing electricity onto the grid does come with a cost though and if the electricity is pushed onto the grid at a time when it is not needed, you need to deal with it somehow. In some jurisdictions (parts of Australia) they cut you off from the grid if there is an overproduction of solar.