How will total solar eclipse affect NC, US solar power?
Editor’s note: Julia Prochnik is director of western renewable grid planning for the Natural Resources Defense Council. NEW YORK – On August 21, Americans in a broad swath of locations across the country will experience something they haven’t experienced in decades: a total solar eclipse. This phenomenon, which is caused by the moon’s passing directly between the earth and the sun, will indeed reduce solar energy production in parts of the United States for about three hours. Even so, people will not notice any change in their electricity service—thanks to preparations by the nation’s electric grid operators to ensure that the...
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