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russellbeattie 3 hours ago

Wow, this is super interesting! Just checking out the Bay Area I learned a lot about the size and placement of the powerplants that supply the area.

San Francisco has a power line going to it via the underwater "Trans Bay Cable (200kV DC)" from Pittsburg. I'll have to look that up as that's quite an engineering feat in my opinion.

If you select a powerplant, wind farm or solar project, you can see how much power is generated in MW. It lists battery projects as well like the one in Moss Landing (182.5 MW). It's enlightening to compare how much power each type of generator provides, especially if they're located near each other.

Fun find: The Apple Campus's solar power output is 14.4 MW. There needs to be more of these around.

Really educational link, thanks!