California peaks at 4+ GW of utility-scale solar generation, meets 18% of demand (solarserver.com) 3 points by EEGuy 12y ago ↗ HN This is all utility-scale generation. "Behind the meter", aka rooftop installations, not included.
[–] EEGuy 12y ago ↗ This peak does not include "behind the meter" (rooftop solar) generation.The peak last year was 2.07 GW, set in June.Summary info here [1]; Calif ISO graph here [2]; we didn't quite hit 4GW today 3/12/14.[1] http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/solar/califor...[2] http://www.caiso.com/outlook/SystemStatus.html
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[ 99.8 ms ] story [ 1046 ms ] threadThe peak last year was 2.07 GW, set in June.
Summary info here [1]; Calif ISO graph here [2]; we didn't quite hit 4GW today 3/12/14.
[1] http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/solar/califor...
[2] http://www.caiso.com/outlook/SystemStatus.html