A lot of the datacenter companies have "switched" to renewable power due to customer demand. As a customer, I've demanded cheap power. ;-)
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> To: "Motorola III" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 8, 2017 7:45:44 PM Subject: [AFMUG] OT: California has so much solar power, it has periods of "negative cost" The headline is somewhat tongue in cheek, but the implications are obvious. There will be times this spring (and it's already happened on March 11) when there is so much solar power, and it's exceeding the demand, that the effective wholesale cost is negative. https://qz.com/953614/california-produced-so-much-power-from-solar-energy-this-spring-that-wholesale-electricity-prices-turned-negative/ Interesting factoid: "California produces half the solar power for the entire country." -- bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
