<story><title>Solar</title><url>https://patrickcollison.com/solar</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bryanlarsen</author><text>You&amp;#x27;d think so, but it often turns out that distribution is more expensive than inefficient local generation.[1]&lt;p&gt;We still want to do lots of distribution, but it&amp;#x27;ll be for reliability reasons rather than cost.&lt;p&gt;1: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;caseyhandmer.wordpress.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;the-future-of-electricity-is-local&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;caseyhandmer.wordpress.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;the-future-of-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>jandrese</author><text>This seems like a good thing.  Export sun power from sunny parts of the US to less sunny parts.</text></item><item><author>kmax12</author><text>&amp;gt; At peak, renewables provide up to ~90% of California&amp;#x27;s electricity&lt;p&gt;In fact, renewable generation regularly hit more than 100% of load in California during April and June of this year. The peak was 132% of load [0]!&lt;p&gt;How can generation be more than 100% of load? California was exporting power to other regions.&lt;p&gt;We track all this data and more across the United States at Grid Status: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gridstatus.io&amp;#x2F;home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gridstatus.io&amp;#x2F;home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gridstatus.io&amp;#x2F;records&amp;#x2F;caiso?record=Maximum%20Renewables%20To%20Load%20Ratio&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gridstatus.io&amp;#x2F;records&amp;#x2F;caiso?record=Maximum%20Ren...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>PopAlongKid</author><text>The technical term for long-distance power delivery is &amp;quot;transmission&amp;quot;.  Distribution refers to getting the power from the local substation to the individual homes and businesses.</text></comment>
<story><title>Solar</title><url>https://patrickcollison.com/solar</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bryanlarsen</author><text>You&amp;#x27;d think so, but it often turns out that distribution is more expensive than inefficient local generation.[1]&lt;p&gt;We still want to do lots of distribution, but it&amp;#x27;ll be for reliability reasons rather than cost.&lt;p&gt;1: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;caseyhandmer.wordpress.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;the-future-of-electricity-is-local&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;caseyhandmer.wordpress.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;the-future-of-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>jandrese</author><text>This seems like a good thing.  Export sun power from sunny parts of the US to less sunny parts.</text></item><item><author>kmax12</author><text>&amp;gt; At peak, renewables provide up to ~90% of California&amp;#x27;s electricity&lt;p&gt;In fact, renewable generation regularly hit more than 100% of load in California during April and June of this year. The peak was 132% of load [0]!&lt;p&gt;How can generation be more than 100% of load? California was exporting power to other regions.&lt;p&gt;We track all this data and more across the United States at Grid Status: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gridstatus.io&amp;#x2F;home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gridstatus.io&amp;#x2F;home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gridstatus.io&amp;#x2F;records&amp;#x2F;caiso?record=Maximum%20Renewables%20To%20Load%20Ratio&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gridstatus.io&amp;#x2F;records&amp;#x2F;caiso?record=Maximum%20Ren...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pydry</author><text>If you get 1MWh with 50% efficiency from a solar panel that&amp;#x27;s still better than burning 1MWh&amp;#x27;s worth of gas.</text></comment>