California’s Shift from Natural Gas to Solar is Playing a Role in Rolling Blackouts

Greentech Media
By info@greentechmedia.comAug 17, 2020, 4:27 pm274 pts
California undertook its first rolling blackouts since the 2001 energy crisis, as a heatwave slammed the Western U.S. Friday and Saturday. Electricity demand for air-conditioning throughout the region stretched California's power capacity and limited the state's ability to import power from nearby states. But…

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