<story><title>California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days</title><url>https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/renewables-met-100-percent-california-energy-demand-30-days/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>callalex</author><text>For a few minutes at low demand time. These kinds of over-grand claims are seriously harmful to the cause of promoting renewables because it makes it seem like we’re almost there and can stop caring. Just look at the excellent, accurate, and up-to-the-hour charts put out by the electricity market itself and you will see where and when the challenges we face still are.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.caiso.com&amp;#x2F;TodaysOutlook&amp;#x2F;Pages&amp;#x2F;supply.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.caiso.com&amp;#x2F;TodaysOutlook&amp;#x2F;Pages&amp;#x2F;supply.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>baseline-shift</author><text>This is incorrect. It is not for a few minutes!&lt;p&gt;We are way way past that at this point. The renewable generation meeting the total demand is over most of the day. Because of solar PV, the cheapest generation now, the daytime electricity supply is actually more than we need in California. Solar farms (and also wind farms)get curtailed here due to supplying more than the grid can take at times; this is usually for several hours.&lt;p&gt;Source; reporter covering solar news through interviews with grid operators, solar developers and policymakers since 2008</text></comment>
<story><title>California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days</title><url>https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/renewables-met-100-percent-california-energy-demand-30-days/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>callalex</author><text>For a few minutes at low demand time. These kinds of over-grand claims are seriously harmful to the cause of promoting renewables because it makes it seem like we’re almost there and can stop caring. Just look at the excellent, accurate, and up-to-the-hour charts put out by the electricity market itself and you will see where and when the challenges we face still are.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.caiso.com&amp;#x2F;TodaysOutlook&amp;#x2F;Pages&amp;#x2F;supply.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.caiso.com&amp;#x2F;TodaysOutlook&amp;#x2F;Pages&amp;#x2F;supply.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mgraczyk</author><text>The most striking thing is how incredibly flat the line for nuclear is.</text></comment>