energy storage and batteries
What's actually happening with renewables? Hype, revolution, or both?: Grid realists
6:47 PM At 6:47 PM on September 8, 2020, the California Independent System Operator ordered rolling blackouts. Temperatures above 110 degrees. Air conditioners at maximum. The sun was setting. Solar dropping toward zero. Wind negligible. Two million people lost power.... What's actually happening with renewables? Hype, revolution, or both?: Renewable advocates
The verdict on the projections In 2010, the IEA projected 26 gigawatts of solar by 2020. The world installed 135. By 2023, annual installations hit 420 gigawatts — a number the 2015 models did not expect until after 2040....