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Yeah, that's why California with >10GW of installed battery is not using gas/not importing at all in off peak hours... Oh wait
by Moldoteck 2y ago
Yeah, that's why California with >10GW of installed battery is not using gas/not importing at all in off peak hours... Oh wait
- ViewTrick1002 2y agoI know it is hard to grasp trends when you are dead set on seeing nuclear power as the only solution, but maybe look at the curves? California has vastly reduced the fossil gas usage due to storage. It will only continue. Are they done? No, are we seeing massive change year by year? Yes. https://blog.gridstatus.io/caiso-batteries-apr-2024/ https://blog.gridstatus.io/caiso-batteries-apr-2024/
- Moldoteck 2y agoI do certainly see how batteries are extending the renewables supply. I also see that there's still a lot of work to do: https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-CAL-CISO https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-CAL-CISO