Solar Overtakes Coal in US Electricity for the First Month on Record`

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smallerize•about 4 hours ago

Does this include residential solar? How do they measure or estimate that?

ivanjermakov•about 3 hours ago

> How do they measure or estimate that?

I suppose they can compare actual grid usage with household data to estimate off-grid usage.

visha1v•about 3 hours ago

incredible milestone, but getting the power where it needs to go and storing it at scale are still the biggest problems. making the power is solved, moving it is next.

CharlesW•about 2 hours ago

I think I'm missing your point. I'm under the impression that electricity has never been easy or cheap to move very far, and it's not clear to me how solar-generated electricity is different in that respect.

diordiderot•4 minutes ago

You're mixing up two different things. Moving electricity with HVDC is easy and cheap... building the grid infrastructure is, well, not so easy or cheap.

The system cost depends on connection queues, transmission buildout, substations, transformers, planning permission, curtailment, etc.

Production of transformers, cables, and labour capacity are bottlenecks. Planning is a bottleneck.

Solar Overtakes Coal in US Electricity for the First Month on Record`

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