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• notTooFarGone 2y ago
  12% Natural gas at peak times also refutes this article. It's not too much solar if we still have to burn fossil fuels for power generation.
  • nielsbot 2y ago
    seems like storage is the answer? the grid status folks published a blog entry talking about batteries are reducing CA’s reliance of nat gas. https://blog.gridstatus.io/caiso-batteries-apr-2024/ https://blog.gridstatus.io/caiso-batteries-apr-2024/
  • reducesuffering 2y ago
    I believe natural gas plants have a minimum idle so they can respond to the volatility of energy demand that needs to be met in real time. I don't think you can run the plants at 0 during the entire day and start them up again quick to respond immensely at 6pm.
    • notTooFarGone 2y ago
      If only there was a pattern to calibrate gas usage to... like a particular time when the sun goes down :D As long as there is gas in the mix in my opinion it is not a "too much solar" but a distribution and storage problem.