New Grid Study Shows How Much Wind and Solar Output Can Vary
by Roger Caiazza
A new report from New York’s electric grid operator highlights the uncertainty around the state’s plan to power most of the economy using wind turbines and solar panels.
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) issued its annual System and Resource Outlook, which among other things projects how much will be needed by the grid over the next two decades.
The Outlook includes “twelve by twenty-fours,” tables that show how much electricity (as a percentage of the maximum possible) will be generated by wind and solar in a typical hour and how that varies in each month of the year. For instance, utility-grade solar panels typically begin generating electricity at 5 AM in June but not until 8 AM in January, and total output around noon in July is double what’s expected at the same time of day in January. MORE AT New Grid Study Shows How Much Wind and Solar Output Can Vary - Empire Center for Public Policy
by Roger Caiazza
A new report from New York’s electric grid operator highlights the uncertainty around the state’s plan to power most of the economy using wind turbines and solar panels.
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) issued its annual System and Resource Outlook, which among other things projects how much will be needed by the grid over the next two decades.
The Outlook includes “twelve by twenty-fours,” tables that show how much electricity (as a percentage of the maximum possible) will be generated by wind and solar in a typical hour and how that varies in each month of the year. For instance, utility-grade solar panels typically begin generating electricity at 5 AM in June but not until 8 AM in January, and total output around noon in July is double what’s expected at the same time of day in January. MORE AT New Grid Study Shows How Much Wind and Solar Output Can Vary - Empire Center for Public Policy
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