May 28, 2019 by Vincent Xia 5 Comments

There is a maximum speed at which solar capacity can expand. You know you’ve passed it when insufficient storage means solar curtailment, or selling the daytime excess means curtailment of other clean energy generators. As solar grows, so too will this problem. Vincent Xia, at the Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University, reports on a new Stanford study which says emissions predictions are not taking this into account, thus … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Renewables Tagged With: carbon, curtailment, electricity, emissions, grids, Intermittency, solar, wind