Flattening the duck curve with batteries

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dan_b
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Flattening the duck curve with batteries

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Found this on LinkedIn.

Batteries are re-shaping the solar duck curve, soaking up solar during the day and discharging it when it's needed in the evening.
The grid that originally coined the term "duck curve" is showing how to fix it. Just install more batteries!

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Underlying data taken from this interactive website where it looks like you can build your own graphs/reports .
https://www.gridstatus.io/live/caiso
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Re: Flattening the duck curve with batteries

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Nice one dan, real world difference maker. California has a good year round climate I think?
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