Dead Wind

BPA Balancing Authority Load and Total Wind Generation:

Over the past 7 days (December 7-13), the BPA (US Pacific Northwest) is reporting a combined capacity factor of about 1.37% for it's 3,522 MW of wind capacity.  The high over that time is 328MW (7.31% CF, the low is 0).

Look carefully for the wind trend line, or you'll miss it altogether:


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