@Dippy It has been my contention that averages and annualized TWh totals are a problematic way to compare an intermittent supply sources on a JIT grid. My analysis of matching a fixed load to actual renewable data in real time lead me to the conclusion that there is a better way to use our cheap renewable resources than just dumping electrons onto a nat gas backed grid.
icanbob
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@Dippy My analysis of California solar would disagree. The amount of storage required to overcome seasonal solar deficits is unbridgeable. On most grids that bridge is nat gas.
https://energyasicit.ca/WindModel/
@Dippy If you examine the California dataset closely you will see battery charging happening at night sometimes. At those times they are using batteries to hedge on electricity prices not to store any surplus solar power.