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Over time solar is only ever about 10% the nameplate capacity. Over a year my roof top panels in Australia get about 12.5% their nominal - i.e. about half of th
by XorNot 3y ago
Over time solar is only ever about 10% the nameplate capacity. Over a year my roof top panels in Australia get about 12.5% their nominal - i.e. about half of the daytime they'll see.
The German grid mix very obviously crushes back down to being fossil fuels every night.
- cyberax 3y agoYes, my bad. I meant 10% of the normal average generation. Here is an example: https://energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?l=en&c=DE&stacking=stacked_absolute_area&interval=month&year=2019&source=sw&month=01 https://energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?l=en&c=DE&... - for about a week the renewable generation crashed in Jan 2019. And it can happen for almost a _month_ of sustained low performance.
- kragen 2y agoaverage capacity factor for utility-scale solar pv in california is 29%. no state in the usa is as low as 10%. why is your rooftop like maine?