RES cuts have nearly doubled to 430 GWh during the first five-month period this year compared to all of 2023, latest data provided by Green Tank, a non-profit environmental think tank, has shown. RES generation cut off from the grid last year totaled 228 GWh.
On a monthly basis, RES cuts during the current year’s first five months were biggest in April, reaching 259 GWh. They totaled 122 GWh in May and 49 GWh in March.
These monthly figures illustrate that 90 percent of RES cuts made during the first five months of 2024 took place in April and May.
The biggest RES cuts on a single day during the first five-month period were made on April 28, reaching 41.7 GWh, followed by May 5 (23.8 GWh) and March 24 (19.1 GWh).
RES cuts are exacerbated during periods of lower energy demand and heightened renewable energy generation, a combination typically occurring in the spring and autumn seasons. These RES cuts are required to protect the grid from overloading and consequent outage threats.
Increased energy storage and grid capacity would help limit the quantity of renewable energy generation going to waste, energypress.eu reports.