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Solar in California surpassed natural gas in the first five months of 2026

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by epistasis

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Solar only increased a little bit, but imports went way up to push down natural gas.
California imported electricity is cleaner on average than internally generated electricity: lots of hydro and nuclear from neighbors, and the big one of the new SunZia massive wind farm. So directly displacing natural gas with imports is 100% win from a climate angle.

by ck2

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Meanwhile guess who just gave ANOTHER BILLION to MORE wind farms not to finish building
* https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-energy-climat...
The insanity of it all. Do we survive this decade? Are you SURE?

by toomuchtodo

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Solar and battery projects in the CAISO interconnect queue:
https://www.interconnection.fyi/?market=CAISO&status=Active&...
https://www.interconnection.fyi/?market=CAISO&status=Active&...