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SPP sets regional records for renewable energy production - 90.2%
It wasn't long ago that folks thought this was impossible...
“In a decade’s time, our region has gone from thinking of 25% renewable-penetration levels as nearly unreachable to a point where we regularly exceed 75% without reliability concerns,” SPP Senior Vice President of Operations Bruce Rew said. “We’re able to manage wind generation more effectively than other, smaller systems can because we’ve got a huge pool of resources to draw from.”
Now it's time to start adding more solar/storage on SPP grid.
SPP sets regional records for renewable energy production - 90.2%
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) set several renewable records March 28 and 29, 2022. At 2:42 a.m. Central time March 29, SPP set a new renewable energy penetration record of 90.2%, beating the previous record of 87.5% set May 8, 2021. This means SPP served 90.2% of the demand for electricity across its 14-state service territory with renewable energy sources, and marks the first time a regional transmission organization served more than 90% of its load with renewables. Of total demand, 88.5% was served by wind, beating the previous wind penetration record of 84%, also set May 8, 2021. SPP also set new wind and renewable production records. At 9:25 p.m. Central time March 28, the SPP region produced a record 23,802 MW of renewable energy. The previous record of 21,820 MW was set Feb. 15, 2022. And at 10:34 p.m. the same evening, SPP set a wind production record of 22,915 MW, beating the previous record of 21,820 MW from Feb. 15.
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