A bit disappointing, was hoping for a bigger milestone but this is still a positive.
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California has set a benchmark for renewable energy, with wind, solar, and hydro providing 100% of the state’s energy demand for 25 out of the last 32 days (and counting).
Added context is that it isn’t for the full day, only needs to be part of the day (ex. 15 minutes), where renewables provided all of the electricity needs for the state.
The article said “.25 - 6 hr per day”. I interpreted that to mean 1/4 of the day (6 hours). While not as good as 24 hours, it is definitely not a paltry 15 minutes.
To add on to what NegativeInf said and linked, “0.25” is a weird way to say a quarter of a day. It makes more sense, to me, that the zero at the front was left off and it should read “0.25-6 hr per day”.
Between 15 minutes and 6 hours of the day per the tweets from the prof the article posts about.
I know the tweet I’m linking is quoting the article, but it’s the prof quoting the article stating the range, so I take that as an endorsement of the validity of the range.
I believe there are loads of renewable projects that are ready to connect to the grid but the grid isn’t ready for them. A big part of the problem is the aging infrastructure of the electrical grid can’t handle all these new projects. It really needs to be updated, ASAP! I remember Obama talking about renewing the power grid in the USA like 10+ years ago but it never went anywhere unfortunately.
A bit disappointing, was hoping for a bigger milestone but this is still a positive.
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Added context is that it isn’t for the full day, only needs to be part of the day (ex. 15 minutes), where renewables provided all of the electricity needs for the state.
The article said “.25 - 6 hr per day”. I interpreted that to mean 1/4 of the day (6 hours). While not as good as 24 hours, it is definitely not a paltry 15 minutes.
To add on to what NegativeInf said and linked, “0.25” is a weird way to say a quarter of a day. It makes more sense, to me, that the zero at the front was left off and it should read “0.25-6 hr per day”.
Between 15 minutes and 6 hours of the day per the tweets from the prof the article posts about.
I know the tweet I’m linking is quoting the article, but it’s the prof quoting the article stating the range, so I take that as an endorsement of the validity of the range.
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Ah, that is important context indeed, since I know I personally use electricity for more than a few minutes/hours per day :)
I believe there are loads of renewable projects that are ready to connect to the grid but the grid isn’t ready for them. A big part of the problem is the aging infrastructure of the electrical grid can’t handle all these new projects. It really needs to be updated, ASAP! I remember Obama talking about renewing the power grid in the USA like 10+ years ago but it never went anywhere unfortunately.