ELI5/ what is the “duck curve” and net load in solar power? i’m having trouble wrapping my brain around it.
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Duck curve= curve that kinda looks like a duck.
Night, no sun, baseload at night. This is the tail of the duck.
Sun comes up, solar kicks in. Now the net load is dropping because Solar kicks in. We’re going down the ducks bottom.
Noon, maximum solar output. Duck’s belly.
Now as the Sun drops the heat of the day and load climbs back up.
Late afternoon, low sun, high use because everyone got home and is cooking or turned stuff on. This makes the Duck’s head.
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