Solar only increased a little bit, but imports went way up to push down natural gas.
California imported electricity is cleaner on average than internally generated electricity: lots of hydro and nuclear from neighbors, and the big one of the new SunZia massive wind farm. So directly displacing natural gas with imports is 100% win from a climate angle.
OkayPhysicist 3 minutes ago [-]
Does "imported" in this context include places like Linden Ranch, Washington, which is home to a wind farm fully operated by Los Angeles Department of Water and Power?
ck2 12 minutes ago [-]
Meanwhile guess who just gave ANOTHER BILLION to MORE wind farms not to finish building
California imported electricity is cleaner on average than internally generated electricity: lots of hydro and nuclear from neighbors, and the big one of the new SunZia massive wind farm. So directly displacing natural gas with imports is 100% win from a climate angle.
* https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-energy-climat...
The insanity of it all. Do we survive this decade? Are you SURE?
> Do we survive this decade? Are you SURE?
Yes. We simply took our foot of the accelerator pedal for a bit. Regrettable, but that is all.
https://www.interconnection.fyi/?market=CAISO&status=Active&...
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