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ac29yesterday at 3:10 PM0 repliesview on HN

> If everyone builds non-tracking arrays, power during peak will become almost worthless if solar is a big part of overall generation capacity

During peak solar yesterday in California wholesale power was $5-6/MWh (<1c/kWh).

The CA grid is routinely over 100% renewables during springtime. The excess is handled by having a lot of batteries, exporting energy, and curtailments.