Talk:Wind power in California

Added fourth wind area.
Added a note on a fourth major wind area. The info about the three areas listed was from 2004. Since then, the Shiloh Wind Power Plant in Solano County has come on line. That's probably it for good large-scale onshore wind sites in California. --John Nagle (talk) 19:26, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

The 5% of power from wind is only true if power from other states is included.
This needs to be pointed out. It is NOT true that 5% of power generated in California is wind generated. California only reaches 5% if you include power purchased from other states. You can look at the EIA Electric Power Monthly and you will see that instate Wind generation is not 5% of total instate generation. The reports that 5% of power in california comes from wind ALL eventually source to the reference I've cited, which states that that includes power purchased from other states (in the fine print). This caveat needs to be included here to avoid being POV. --Aflafla1 (talk) 04:46, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Table & chart deletions
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I can't see a real purpose for including data that's fairly old. The charts give an idea of how the production varies in a year. More than two or three year's worth don't really provide more insight. --74.38.72.190 (talk) 21:15, 24 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Trends are important, and cannot be derived from just 3 years of data. I'm sorry but this is not a large data table by Wikipedia's standards in any way.GliderMaven (talk) 21:42, 24 March 2016 (UTC)Too much statistical data is against policy.
 * Trends of seasonal variation can be seen in the two or three years of montly data. Overall time trend information is still in the chart of energy growth.


 * No.GliderMaven (talk) 15:32, 25 March 2016 (UTC)