l'd say lots of people care about the 25 million people of Australia and what we are doing.
Especially in the US . Particularly California. The world's 5th largest economy .
Chart of the Day: California surges beyond 100 pct renewables
lt’s a relatively small state with a modest economy. But now California, the world’s biggest sub-national economy, and the fifth biggest in the world if it were a country, is also setting new benchmarks for renewables, with its wind, solar and hydro resources more than matching demand over the past week.
According to Mark Jacobsen, the Stanford University academic who has outlined plans for wind, water and solar to provide the bulk, if not all, electricity needs in countries across the globe, California’s wind, water and solar resources have bested 100 per cent of local demand for varying periods in nine of the last 10 days.
On Sunday, California time, the peak was 115 per cent of demand and wind, water and solar beat demand for five solid hours.
Jacobsen says that wind, water and solar have accounted for more than 100 per cent of state demand for between one and six hours for nine out of the last 10 days. And that is one in the eye for all the naysayers.
“In 2009, when we first proposed 100% WWS, the utilities and naysayers claimed the grid would go unstable with more than 20 per cent renewable energy, with no evidence,” Jacobsen wrote on X.
“In 2017, they claimed, with no evidence, a limit of 80 per cent. In 2020, they claimed 90%, then 95% . Now 100% WWS is here to stay.”
https://reneweconomy.com.au/chart-of-the-day-california-surges-beyond-100-pct-renewables/
