Dispatched-down wind and solar PV generation in selected jurisdictions, 2010-2019

Sources

Bundesnetzagentur (2020), Netz- und Systemsicherheit; China Energy Portal (2020), 2019 wind power installations and production by province; LBNL (2020), Curtailment data; IESO (2019), 2019 year in review; AEMO (2020), Statistical reporting streams; GSE (2019), Rapporto delle attivita 2019; REE (2019), El sistema eléctrico español síntesis; REF (2020), Balancing Mechanism Wind Farm Constraint Payments.

Notes

The graphs represent officially reported curtailed or constrained energy and also combine various schemes depending on the country. In the case of Ontario, a greater proportion of wind energy was dispatched down in 2016 than in 2015, due to a market rule change for the floor price of renewables in February 2016. Additionally, the reporting scheme changed from covering just wind to all VRE sources 2017.