Curtailment Tracker: Solar, wind generation curtailments jump 65% in 2020

摘要

California Independent System Operator wind and solar generationcurtailments in 2020 climbed 65% year on year as 337 MW of solarcapacity was added to the grid, according to grid operator data.ISO curtailments have been on the rise, jumping 108.5% year onyear in 2019, up 14.8% in 2018, an increase of 30.2% in 2017, and a riseof 64.3% in 2016, according to ISO data. Curtailments reached an alltimepeak in April 2020 of 318.444 GWh.