{"id":36218,"date":"2013-05-25T11:04:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T15:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=36218"},"modified":"2013-05-25T11:04:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T15:04:48","slug":"almost-100-new-electricity-to-be-from-solar-in-california-in-2nd-half-of-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/almost-100-new-electricity-to-be-from-solar-in-california-in-2nd-half-of-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost 100% New Electricity To Be From Solar In California In 2nd Half Of 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
Reposting this big news from Solar Love<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n Herman Trabish of\u00a0Greentech Media<\/em>\u00a0has happened across a pretty interesting find \u2014 97% of new electricity generation capacity in line to be added to the California grid in the second half (2H) of 2012 is from solar power projects.<\/p>\n This is according to\u00a0the\u00a0California Independent System Operator (the ISO)<\/a>, as published in\u00a0the\u00a02012 Annual Report on Market Issues and Performance<\/em><\/a>. In total,\u00a01,633 megawatts of generation capacity are in line to be added to the grid in 2H 2013. A whopping 1,581 megawatts (MW) are from solar projects. 52 MW are from biomass projects.<\/p>\n That\u2019s a big shift from the first half of the year (and, well, all of previous history). Herman writes: \u201cBy the end of the first half of the year, the ISO will have added 3,391 megawatts of nameplate capacity, of which 2,296 megawatts will be natural gas, 565 megawatts will be wind and 530 megawatts will be solar.\u201d Here\u2019s a chart for a visual display of these points and the situation in 2012:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Image Credit:\u00a0California ISO<\/a><\/p>\n Herman spent a lot of time discussing various factors related to natural gas in his post (I\u2019d recommend\u00a0checking it out<\/a>). A few key points I\u2019d pull out of it are as follows (images added):<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n