You need to pay anyway for the gas plant if you want to have electricity even on days where the sun isn’t shining.
The natural gas generation capacity that you need to cover for solar when it’s cloudy is, of course, less than what is required to make up for loss of solar after sundown.
You need to pay anyway for the gas plant if you want to have electricity even on days where the sun isn’t shining.
The natural gas generation capacity that you need to cover for solar when it’s cloudy is, of course, less than what is required to make up for loss of solar after sundown.