The California state of US is exploring options for developing a regional energy grid to help address issues with curtailment of renewable energy supply. The state has already established an Energy Imbalance Market to undertake some small-scale energy trading, which has avoided the need for 56,000 MWh of curtailment since between then and 2017 . However, curtailment of wind and solar doubled between then and 2017 , wasting enough energy to power around 587,000 homes. A proposal now before the state legislature would establish a regionalised energy grid which its proponents say would help control the problem.
The US state of California is exploring options for developing a regional energy grid to help address issues with curtailment of renewable energy supply. The state has already established an Energy Imbalance Market to undertake some small-scale energy trading, which has avoided the need for around 587,000 MWh of curtailment since 2015. However, curtailment of wind and solar doubled between then and 2017, wasting enough energy to power 56,000 homes. A proposal now before the state legislature would establish a regionalised energy grid which its proponents say would help control the problem.