Estimated rooftop solar in New England topped 7 GW yesterday (Wednesday) for the first time, one year after it topped 6 GW for the first time. Utility solar is creeping up toward 1 GW (992 MW today).
7 GW (7000 MW or 7 million KW or 7 billion watts) is equal to the output of 6 Seabrook Station nuclear plants, to give a New Hampshire-specific metric.
Spring is the best time for solar in New England: Sunny days with cool temps that electronics appreciates.
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Interesting! But it’s a little strange to me to compare renewables vs nuclear based on instantaneous power (watts). A comparison based on total energy generation (watt-hours) over some time period would be more intuitive for readers, I think.
Perhaps we should suggest to gridstatus.io (the linked source) that they should provide energy generation metrics in addition to instantaneous power?