Dive Summary:
- California set a new record by having 1,656 megawatts of solar power on its grid; for the entire day, the state had over 1,500 MWh of solar-provided power.
- The output is still well behind Germany, which generates about 78,000 MWh of solar power on an average day.
- After setting the record on Sunday, the state's solar power output held steady on Monday, according to initial figures.
From the article:
All told, on Sunday, California's solar power capacity provided 15,394 megawatt-hours of power to the grid -- enough power for every Californian to keep a 100-watt bulb lit for four hours. Not that that would be the best use of the energy provided, seeing as it was produced while the sun was up.
As we always point out here at ReWire in order to harsh Californians' solar buzz, that record -- while cause for a smile -- still leaves us way behind the undisputed solar world champion, Germany. On a typical day in 2012, Germany generated about 78,000 megawatt hours of solar power, five times our production on Sunday. ...