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Finishline42

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5. 20 years ago wind and solar produced...

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:40 PM

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It was less than 1%.

CA and TX have been adding large amounts of utility scale batteries. This is what they have been able to provide this years in CA

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