California wildfire smoke decreases solar generation by more than 13% in CAISO - Renewable Energy World

2020-10-02 17:09
In the first two weeks of September 2020, average solar-powered electricity generation in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), which covers 90% of utility-scale solar capacity in California, declined nearly 30% from the July 2020 average as wildfires burned across the state, according to a new report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Wildfire smoke contains small, airborne...