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Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem. As electricity prices go negative, the Golden State is struggling to offload a glut of solar power (wapo.st)
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I'll note that right now, this is a seasonal issue, associated with moderate springtime temperatures when there is a lot of sunshine available.

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[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 6 months ago

Yeah, various power generation techniques (e.g., big industrial power plants) do not want to run without a load. And switching them off temporarily isn't really feasible (shutting them for good would ultimately be nice, but that's another topic...).

And you can't just "dump" huge amounts of excess of power

it needs to go somewhere.

[-] nahuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Tesla coils?

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