At this hour, German electricity comes in at 420 g CO2/kwh; France 101 g CO2/kwh overall and...

[John ONeill]

8. Californian renewables

The climate doesn't respond to what one particular moment of time finds in California, it reacts to the sum of emissions from there, and from everywhere else. Solar put power into the Cali grid for eleven of the last 24 hours, none for the other 13 - average about 15% of total output. Gas was running for 24 of those hours, average 36%. Kilowatt/hours would be a more accurate comparison, but more accurate for gas than for solar - as the mandated amount of PV goes up, more will be curtailed, and the embedded emissions per KWh generated will go up. Diablo Canyon put 54.5 GWh into the grid over the last 24 hours. Electricitymap rates nuclear at 12 grams CO2 /KWh, but that is calculated on a forty year life - if Diablo Canyon was allowed to run for its full projected lifetime off eighty years, that would almost halve. PV is rated at 45 gCO2/KWh, but as curtailment increases, the true figure will rise -https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=49276#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20CAISO%20curtailed%201.5,total%20energy%20curtailed%20in%20CAISO.