Slashdot: Solar Glut: Half of California’s Solar Power Sometimes Goes to Waste, Research Shows
Some days more than half of California’s available solar power goes to waste, according to research from the California Institute for Energy and Environment. “In the last 12 months, California’s solar farms have curtailed production of more than 3 million megawatt hours of solar energy,” according to a data analysis by the Los Angeles Times – enough to power 518,000 California homes for a year.
And it was curtailed “either on the orders of the state’s grid operator or because prices had plummeted because of the glut. The waste would have been even larger if California had not paid utilities in other states to take the excess solar energy, documents from the state’s grid operator show.”
Fortunately this can be fixed in relatively short order, and undoubtedly will be.
Guardian: At least five dead amid ‘devastating’ flooding as Storm Bert batters UK
Several people have been killed as Storm Bert battered the UK and a major incident has been declared in south Wales.
At least five deaths have been reported in England and Wales since the storm hit. Strong winds have been accompanied by flooding caused by heavy rain and thawing snow.
Thousands of homes have been left without power and flights and train services have been delayed and cancelled because of the weather.
They must have a photographer in Pontypridd because that’s where almost all the pictures were from.
NYT: Michelle Goldberg: There Is No Excuse for the Bullying of Sarah McBride
Donald Trump and his party, having triumphed in an election in which they demonized trans people, seem hellbent on driving them out of public life. Democrats, some of whom blame the party for staking out positions on trans issues that they couldn’t publicly defend, are shellshocked and confused. Democratic leaders have been far too quiet as congressional Republicans, giddy and vengeful in victory, seek to humiliate their new colleague, Representative-elect Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, by barring her and other trans people from using the appropriate single-sex bathrooms in the Capitol.
Stuff: Trump promises big tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on day one
Trump made the threats in a pair of posts on his Truth Social site Monday evening in which he railed against an influx of illegal migrants, even though southern border crossings have been hovering at a four-year low.
“On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders,” he wrote, complaining that “thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before,” even though violent crime is down from pandemic highs.
Last Updated: 25.Nov.2024 23:56 EST
