What they should have highlighted is that “In 2020, CAISO curtailed 1.5 million MWhs of utility-scale solar, or 5% of its utility-scale solar production.”
eia.gov/todayinenergy/…
eia.gov/todayinenergy/…
https://twitter.com/marcrjandrew/status/1630999608573960193
To put that in perspective, an average home in Sacramento uses about 8 MWhs of electricity per year. The wasted solar energy in California is enough to power all of the 200,000 homes in the city of Sacramento for a year.
energysage.com/local-data/ele…
energysage.com/local-data/ele…
The news here is that we should neither be scared of #solar curtailments or the energy use of #Bitcoin
The pairing/co-location of them is symbiotic in that revenues from #Bitcoin mining of stranded energy will reduce payback for #solar projects.
The pairing/co-location of them is symbiotic in that revenues from #Bitcoin mining of stranded energy will reduce payback for #solar projects.
This is a typical example of electricity demand from flexible loads like electric vehicle charging infrastructure incentivizing more solar deployment. But I guess all of the above will not fit neatly in a headline 🤣
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