Daily Renewables Watch
Daily Renewables Watch
Daily Renewables Watch
The Renewables Watch provides important information about actual renewable production within the ISO grid as California moves toward a 33 percent
renewable generation portfolio. The information provided is as accurate as can be delivered in a daily format. It is unverif ied raw data and is not
intended to be used as the basis for operational or financial decisions.
Renewables Production
3,165 44,021
Megawatts
Wind 23:45
8,000
Small Hydro 19:07 540 10,027 Solar PV
6,000
Biogas 10:10 243 5,723
4,000
Biomass 7:34 397 8,883
6:37 986 23,326 2,000 Wind
Geothermal Small Hydro
Biogas
Biomass
Total Geothermal
200,085 0
Renewables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
30,000
25,000
Hydro
20,000 Imports
Megawatts
Thermal
15,000
Nuclear
10,000
5,000
Renewables
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Time of Day
This graph depicts the production of various generating resources across the day.
This table gives numeric values related to the production from the various types of renewable resources for the reporting day. All values are hourly average unless otherwise stated. Peak Production is
an average over one minute. The total renewable production in megawatt-hours is compared to the total energy demand for the ISO system for the day. Solar PV and Solar thermal generators that are
directly connected to the power grid. “Solar PV” is defined as solar generating units that utilize solar panels containing a photovoltaic material. “Solar Thermal” is defined as solar generating units that
convert sunlight into heat and utilize fossil fuel or storage for production which may occur after sunset.
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For Operating Day:
The first graph provided on this page shows how much energy renewable resources are contributing to the grid, and when thos e resources are producing their daily
maximum and how that production correlates to the maximum energy demand.
Comparison to Load
32,000
30,000
28,000
26,000
24,000
22,000
20,000
Load (MW)
18,000
16,000
≈
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Time of Day
10,000
8,000
6,000
Time of Day
Total Wind Total Solar
The information contained in this report is preliminary and subject to change without notice. No inference, decision or conclusion should be made based on the information in this report or any series of
these reports. All values are hourly average unless otherwise stated. Questions about this report should be directed to the ISO Service Desk at 916-351-2309 or 888-889-0450.
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