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Um, isn't there an "eclipse" for roughly 12 hours every day?
by femto113 12y ago
Um, isn't there an "eclipse" for roughly 12 hours every day?
- mikeash 12y agoYes, and that one corresponds nicely with reduced demand for electricity. This one doesn't.
- femto113 12y agoAccording to the EIA [1] Peak demand (in New England, which I imagine is similar to the UK) appears to be around 7PM, which is well past the time significant solar production is occurring. [1] http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=830 http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=830
- mikeash 12y agoThe timing certainly could be worse, but this eclipse is right at the "morning ramp" period, where demand is substantially higher than during that big eclipse we get every night.