Electricity in Alberta today

[furrowtickler]

Sure is interesting to see several old threads being pulled up from the past by new members and or members who have been dormant for a long time .
Several of them now the past few days .

[Herc]

Sure is interesting to see several old threads being pulled up from the past by new members and or members who have been dormant for a long time .
Several of them now the past few days .

You mean you don’t have 2 or 3 logins so you can agree with yourself?

[ALBERTAFARMER4]

I totally agree with chuckChuck! If you really want to be objective and see the total of produced electricity, you have to take the whole year into consideration not only one day or something like that.

Solar output should be checked on December 21st and multiplied by 365.

[furrowtickler]

You mean you don’t have 2 or 3 logins so you can agree with yourself?

Bahahaha..... ya it’s so obvious with some here now

[Sheepwheat]

Bahahaha..... ya it’s so obvious with some here now

Ugh. I just LOVE everything sheepwheat ever says, like EVER! LOL!!!!!!

Whoops, wrong login. ugh

[shtferbrains]

Solar output should be checked on December 21st and multiplied by 365.

Or you can check the capacity factor for the year or last 5 years on the western interconnect and use that.
What's your research tell you that is?

[chuckChuck]

As various provinces are hitting record peak summer electricity demand because of the heatwave, solar is providing some of the supply. It is well matched to AC demand and is adding to the total available supply.

By late afternoon if your house has been cooled all day by AC running on solar, the AC can be turned off and windows opened as the evening cools down. if you have a large heat/cool sink built into your house design then that will continue to keep the house cooler.

[ALBERTAFARMER4]

Or you can check the capacity factor for the year or last 5 years on the western interconnect and use that.
What's your research tell you that is?

I like to use this one...

https://www.dispatcho.app/assets/solar https://www.dispatcho.app/assets/solar

Shows the total generated for 24h, 7 day, 1 month, etc with a nice graph as well. The AESO one is trash because it just shows an instantaneous value.

[shtferbrains]

Still says it has run at 15.4% capacity factor.
Equivalent to one day a week.

[ALBERTAFARMER4]

Still says it has run at 15.4% capacity factor.
Equivalent to one day a week.

Which one are you referring to? It is true that a solar array will not produce its 100% maximum output for 24 hours a day. Its energy output increases towards solar noon and then decreases before night (bell curve).

A lawyer makes $200/h and works 10h for a total of $2000. Do you accept this or do you say that $2000/24h = $83.33/h ? What is the true wage of this lawyer per hour?