Escaping California’s ‘Duck Curve’
Asim Tahir, Google’s district and renewable energy lead, has explained that Bay View’s Dragonscale solar panels will keep the building from contributing to California’s so-called “duck curve,” the increase in energy demand in the state that occurs in the evening after the amount of solar energy drops significantly because the sun goes down.
Tahir said that the panels, along with pavilion-style roof lines, are able to capture solar energy from multiple angles and will be able to generate power over an extended amount of time throughout the day.
