Sentences with phrase «california duck curve»
Revisiting the California Duck Curve: An Exploration of Its Existence, Impact, and Migration Potential
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This is not the case in the California duck curve.
Not exact matches
... Importance of Duck Curve... The Duck Curve was prepared by the California System Operator (CAISO) to depict the pending problems associated with adding more renewables to the grid.
An analysis by energy consultancy ScottMadden found that California is about two years ahead of CAISO's duck curve schedule, in terms of the lows it's hitting on certain sunny, mild spring days, when solar power surges and air conditioners aren't being turned on to soak it up.
The reduced coal and increased solar create potential shortages in ramping capacity between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. if energy storage is not available, the report notes — the «duck curve» problem identified in California and on other systems with high solar penetrations.
Clyde Loutan, a principal for renewable energy integration at the California ISO, is considered the «father» of the duck curve.
And the effects aren't limited to California: The duck curve influences utilities all over the West, which contribute energy to the grid, in part, to help satisfy California's huge energy demand.
This combination of factors has created the so - called «duck curve» imbalance in California's energy supply - demand mix, which is something TOU rates are meant to help mitigate.
The duck curve is a graphic representation of a mismatch between the time when a large supply of solar power comes onto the California grid and when the system demands power.
A utility in California is investigating how energy storage technology for keeping food and other goods refrigerated could help counter the challenge posed by the famous «duck curve» of PV energy supply and demand.
Because daytime rooftop solar is growing so fast — in addition to the more foreseeable growth in utility - scale solar — both Arizona and California are already planning for dealing with the steeper «duck curve» in the evening.