Setting new records for grid-scale solar output is becoming routine in California, with what appears to be the current record set last Tuesday (March 28) at approximately 11:15 a.m.. The chart shows a screenshot of CAISO's webpage with solar output by hour in the gold color. The red arrow shows a peak of approximately 9700 MW. This is the combined output of solar PV and solar thermal, of which solar thermal is approximately 500 MW. New solar plants are being added to the grid each year.
UPDATE 4/22/2017: Another record was set yesterday with combined grid-scale solar at 9,854 MW at 1300 hours. -- end update
UPDATE 5/20/2017: Yet another solar record was set yesterday at 9,880 MW at 12:00 hours. -- end update.
Roger E. Sowell, Esq.
Marina del Rey, California
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