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An Eclipse Is What the U.S. Power Sector's Been Waiting For
- This eclipse ‘is a little bit like Y2K’: energy software firm
- Grid operators, utilities will use event to fine-tune toolkit
Solar Eclipse Casts Shadow on U.S. Energy Prices
Turns out the solar eclipse, set to plunge parts of the U.S. into total darkness on Monday, will offer exactly what the power sector’s been looking for: a completely predictable stage for experiments.
It’s not often that power grid operators, utilities and electricity generators get such precise and advance notice about more than 12,000 megawatts of solar power supplies set to suddenly drop off their systems. And some are looking forward to it -- as a means of testing plants, software and markets refined in recent years in anticipation of the day when renewable energy becomes the world’s dominant source of power.