What is the “duck curve”?

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What is the “duck curve”?
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An avian graph shows the challenges facing burgeoning solar power

must match supply and demand at every moment. The electricity that consumers use must always, second-by-second, be the same as the amount produced. Demand for electricity, known as “load”, is lowest at night and highest in the early evening, as people return from work and turn on lights and appliances.

That changes the calculation for the system operators who manage the electricity grid. Instead of serving the total amount of load, ensuring there is sufficient generation to meet demand, they need to concern themselves with the “net load”, or the electricity which solar power cannot provide.

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