Comment by simondotau
3 hours ago
Correct, but then the credit for that capacity rightfully goes to the battery, not to solar panels for their ability to generate more than needed at other times.
3 hours ago
Correct, but then the credit for that capacity rightfully goes to the battery, not to solar panels for their ability to generate more than needed at other times.
No, it doesn’t.
Every kWh hour of solar entering the grid is a kWh of fossil generation that is no longer produced. Batteries just move existing power around. This is not very complicated, I’m not sure why the semantic crusade?
The article is about recorded actual supply contributions over a year, actual kWh, regardless of instantaneous capacity at various times.
Every kWh of produced and accepted(not curtailed) solar power is directly responsible for reducing our emissions