California hits 225 GWh renewable power on June 15, wind jumps

Renewable power generation in California, excluding large hydro, rose to 224,735 MWh on June 15 from 189,951 MWh in the previous day, according to data by the California Independent System Operator Corp (ISO).

Wind farms in the US state produced 74,992 MWh, up by 90.56% day-on-day. A daily peak of 4,495 MW was recorded at 2200 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation decreased to 96,776 MWh from previous day's 97,121 MWh, peaking at 9,259 MW at 1300 PDT. In addition, solar thermal power plants generated 6,223 MWh.

Geothermal power plants in California produced 24,325 MWh that day.

Under the California Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) plan investor-owned utilities, electric service providers and community choice aggregators in the state have to reach a 33% renewable energy share in total procurement by 2020.

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