Solar sized to meet 80% of Load

PRICING & BASIS RISK CONSIDERATIONS
There are price differences between each point in the grid (i.e., bus bar to hub, hub to hub, hub to load zone).
Must consider congestion risk when buying power at a generation node (bus bar).
Must consider hub-to-hub basis risk when buying power in a zone different than the where the power is consumed.
Zone A
Zone B
Generation
Generation
Load
Load
Legend:
Generation Node / Bus Bar
Generation Hub (aggregation of all generation nodes in a given zone)
Load Zone (aggregation of all load or non-generation nodes in a given zone)
Load Point / Node
Power Flow
TIME OF DAY RISK CONSIDERATIONS
There are price differences at each hour of the day.
When using of off-site renewable supply to hedge load, must consider potential time of day mismatches.
Solar sized to meet 80% of Load
Wind sized to meet 80% of Load
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Solar Production
Customer Load Shape
Customer Load Shape
Wind & Solar combined to meet 80% of load
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