Dan Goodin on Nostr: From the WaPo: Grid operators in California are grappling with a strange reality: ...

From the WaPo:

Grid operators in California are grappling with a strange reality: There is so much solar on the grid that, on sunny spring days when there’s not as much demand, electricity prices go negative. Gigawatts of solar are “curtailed” — essentially, thrown away.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/04/22/california-solar-duck-curve-rooftop/