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Nicolas Fulghum

NEW | California just reached a world-first solar milestone Over HALF (51%) of electricity generation across the whole month of May came from solar power. Battery storage is the big difference maker, enabling California to push the share of solar generation to this level.

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Persona Au Gratin

And yet my utility bill is consistently higher even though I've cut my usage. We need usage caps.

Patchouli Woollahra

Battery Atorage means being able to use solar at 3am at night (as long as there's still enough left in the tanks)

tiapico1740

The state has 40 million people and only two US senators. Compared to North Dakota, South Dakota, North Carolina, South Carolina…

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chevy55

So not fair

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hikeitup

It was a wise decision 100 years before electricity. But then isn't now. Antiquated doesn't begin to touch it.

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Ms Hart

and 30 data centers now

JRC

WOW!! 👏

hikeitup

And we've had days where the entire grid is powered through renewables. When home batteries become more efficient and cost-effective, and laws/permitting are in place to support them, the game will forever change.

BonaireVolt

Batteries store electricity, but do not make any. You cannot add net power to the grid with batteries. you can shift when it is consumed. Also, batteries consume a net delta of energy during charge/discharge cycle.

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Nicolas Fulghum

You can add significantly more solar to a grid when pairing it with batteries. From a certain share upwards, the key is to not add further solar to the solar peak in the middle of the day, but to the shoulder hours and the night. Batteries enable that shift.

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BonaireVolt

Yes, it is an offset, a shift. But make sure to make it clear to people that batteries do not increase power of that renewable on the grid. To add more renewable power to a state or grid segment, you need more collectors (whether solar pv, wind, hydro, etc.)

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Tori

Mansplaing I see.

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BonaireVolt

Absolutely. Facts need to be laid out correctly.

Ms Hart

Now talk about the data centers, and how Newsom won't make them disclose their water use.

Puppet

Battery? some way of storing solar energy to use without a visible sun? that's ridiculous, it would take millions of years to convert the energy of the sun into plants, feed them to giant animals, bury them under tons of pressure, and wait for them to be ready to be sucked from a big straw in Texas.

🌤 Anna

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Lori Lipsman (she/her)

@governor.ca.gov make it illegal for ant for profit corporations to manage our energy. That would be something that could really help.

Nicolas Fulghum

Hungary came close in June 2025 at 47%, but California is the first power system of significant size to cross 50% for a month. ...and California's system is ~5x larger than Hungary's. In May 2012, California crossed 1% solar share for the first time.

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Nicolas Fulghum

Why did the record happen this May? - May combines good solar conditions with modest demand (pre-cooling season) ...

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Nicolas Fulghum

- In-state electricity generation was lower than last year as electricity imports rose (e.g. from the new SunZia wind in New Mexico), which lifts solar's share of in-state generation - Utility and rooftop solar generation continue to increase, with higher penetration enabled by battery storage

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Nicolas Fulghum

Battery storage has transformed California's power system. Batteries now shift huge amounts of solar power from midday into the evening peak. This chart shows utility scale only (no rooftop), but it's a good illustration of just how effective it is. bsky.app/profile/nico...

Nicolas Fulghum

Another massive battery storage record in California (CAISO) yesterday, March 29 🔋 At 7pm, batteries reached 12.3 GW of output, meeting 42.8% of demand! And it's not just a short peak anymore. Batteries stayed above 20% of grid supply from 5.50pm to 9.35pm, almost four hours.

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Nicolas Fulghum

If you want to access the latest data on electricity generation in the US by state, check out our @ember-energy.org US Electricity Data Explorer which we've just updated with new data and a fresh look: ember-energy.org/data/us-elec...

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Banda Bassotti

I am amazed that only happened in 2012.

The worst person you know

Am I correct in assuming that this is a period in fall in which people turn off the AC but don't yet need to turn on the heat?

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Stable Glennius

Could also be a dip due to marine layer and then recovery or something seasonal. Hard to guess without a zoomed-in view on the dates vs data

chrsnlrn

This graph is OBVIOUSLY fake. In addition to the trendline being far too regular/predictable, CA’s solar in 2012 was not zero. Its first utility-scale solar plant was built in Hesperia in… 1982.

stevengeorges

And still, our idiot president thinks that Mabel will not be able to watch Hee Haw because the sun is not shining. ☀️

helengh

PLEASE PLEASE enable "Balcony" plug-in solar panels for residences. It's really unbelievable that we still don't have these. Utility company lobbying? Why else? Why does Europe innovate before we do? This is a no-brainer. We make a good living, but still can't afford 20k plus for a rooftop system.

Mike Friedman

Good. I was just reading the other day about China's new breakthroughs in sodium battery chemistries and large scale storage. It's a huge win. This is how fission nukes will finally die.

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Tori

I hope you are right, I am so sick and tired of people pushing nuclear, they don't care about tomorrow

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Mike Friedman

This video (about 15 minutes) is about China's BYD's recent breakthrough's in sodium battery chemistry that are focused on large scale storage. Yesterday I read in May CA got 51% of its electricity from Solar/Storage. Up from 1% in 2012. A massive increase. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqMq...

BYD’s $20 Battery Just Destroyed the Biggest Argument Against RenewablesYouTube video by Ben Alexxanderwww.youtube.com
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Mike Friedman

This is why fission nuclear is dead. Once storage becomes this cheap, there's no reason to build nukes. They're hard to build, difficult to manage, vulnerable to attack and the waste problem is thus far unsolved.

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Tori

Yes, not a fan of Chinas human rights view, I'm a fan of their incredible renewable energy dev. Their battery, smart coal plants, huge wind & solar farms w/battery storage. And their EVs. The benefit of a dictator looking for a healthy world & independence from oil, not rape, grift and bribery

Annie

👏⭐️

museevirtuel

At this rate California may catch up with Texas. Someday. Texas solar record: 35.4 GW, 7/26/26 California solar record: 23 GW, 7/10/26

🖇️ Jane

Hey! My excess solar energy goes into the system and I’m proud of my contribution!

yimmysue

the graph of ways to use more electricity is steeper.