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Solar becomes top source of electricity in California (pv-magazine-usa.com)

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"In the 12 months ending April 2025, solar generated 83.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity, compared to 81.6 TWh from natural gas."

"Nationally, solar generation continues to climb. In April, solar supplied 10.64% of U.S. electricity for the month (marking the first time the country crossed the 10% mark) and contributed 7.35% of generation over the rolling 12 months. California, by comparison, produced 42% of its electricity from solar at its seasonal peak in April, with May expected to push that figure even higher."

Good 'ol CA, long-time nation-leader.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And I helped! With my tiny 15MWh/yr

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

5.9 MWh so far this year, my first year. I posted about it here. https://lemmy.world/post/32326227

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Nice!

We're just about to cross the 8MWh line for the year.

We don't have battery backup set up, but we did just get a Ford Lightning with that in mind.

I really need to setup home assistant.