June 7, 2013 (California ISO)
“Solar power shines, setting a new all-time high output of 2,071 megawatts (MW) at 12:59 p.m. today, June 07, 2013. This [amount more than doubled since last September when solar peaked at 1,000 megawatts] of energy…[and] is enough to power more than 1.5 million homes across sunny California.”
click to enlarge“California is the largest producer of solar power in the nation…[On the record-setting day, peak] demand was about 36,000 megawatts…[S]olar power supplied more than five percent of demand for electricity…[and the grid operator said the state is expected to continue comparable levels of solar production]…”
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