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U.S. solar will pass wind in 2025 and leave coal in the dust soon after (pv-magazine-usa.com)
submitted 18 hours ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Based on current deployment rates, it is likely that solar will surpass wind as the third-largest source of electricity. And solar may soon topple coal in the number two spot.

Looking ahead, through July 2028, FERC expects no new coal capacity to come online based on its “high probability additions” forecast. Meanwhile 63 coal plants are expected to be retired, subtracting 25 GW from the 198 GW total, and landing at about 173 GW of coal capacity by 2028. Meanwhile, FERC forecasts 92.6 GW of “high probability additions” solar will come online through July 2028.

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[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 8 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

SoCal has a huge amount of wind and solar right now. Utility sized battery installations are going in to deal with the times those two aren't producing.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Even home battery solutions. We have solar panels & a Powerwall. Were part of a Virtual Power Plant along with around 1500 other Powerwall owners in the region. During peak usage in the summer all our PowerWalls feed back to the grid so that our utility provider doesn’t have to spin up expensive (and dirty) peaker plants. We get paid a premium for the power we provide during these events.

I saw articles here on Lemmy just a month or two ago that Tesla successfully tested a VPP in California that consisted of 100,000 PowerWalls.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

While your power company is taking your power from your battery, where does your power to power your house come from? How much do you pay for it, what are your daily charges etc?

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Our house is still powered by the panels and/or battery as well. We typically use 1 to 5 kWh, and during these events the batteries are discharging up to 10 kWh. Whatever we don’t use goes to the grid. Last year we received a payout of $1450 for 45 hours worth of energy, probably in the neighborhood of 300-350 kWh.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

The ones they've installed near us are Siemens and the only reason we even know they exist is we went by often during installation. The cabinets are now hidden behind a high wall. I'm guessing they're going in all over the place. Strange that I've never seen them mentioned in the news anywhere.