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Solar resources, like the Permian Solar Center, account for much of ERCOT's recent additional capacity. | Ørsted

Solar Power Boosts ERCOT’s Reserve Margins

9.3 GW of Solar Capacity to Come Online in Next 18 Months

Dec 16, 2020
Tom Kleckner
Renewable Power / ERCOT / Generation / Resource Adequacy
ERCOT has met record demand in recent summers with only single-digit planning reserve margins. Thanks to the apparently never-ending stream of renewable projects, that margin will climb to 15.5% in 2021 and 27.3% the year after, where it will stay for the foreseeable future. "It’s a slightly different situation, isn’t...

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