What Is the Duck Curve in Solar Energy?

What Is the Duck Curve in Solar Energy?

If you’ve ever looked at a grid operator’s daily electricity demand chart and thought it looked oddly like a cartoon duck, you weren’t imagining things. That’s exactly where the name comes from, and understanding this …

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Why Solar Power Can Have Negative Prices

Why Solar Power Can Have Negative Prices

If you’ve spent any time looking at wholesale electricity markets, you’ve probably seen something that looks like a typo: electricity prices that go below zero. Not “close to free. Actually negative, where generators pay the …

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