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Hydro deluge set to clip gas gains during US solar eclipse
Publication date: 09 August 2017
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Natural gas stands to make limited gains from the impending solar eclipse that will plunge large parts of North America into darkness later this month and knock several gigawatts of solar power off the grid.
Strong hydro availability and limited withdrawals from the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility will hamper the ability of gas-fired generators to pick up slack on the grid, official data sources seem to indicate.
Nearly 1,900 utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants across the US will be obscured ...