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Powershell

Build the power plant and the data center at McCloud, California, from a 10 MW load to 30 GW DC of solar. This preview plays chapter 1: a Zig sim compiled to WebAssembly runs all 8,784 hours of 2024 in a Web Worker, every time you move a slider.

  1. …booting the sim worker

Chapter 1 McCloud, CA

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Effective cost of firm power
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power plus the value of GPUs left dark

Chapter win condition

    Against the incumbents, $/MWh

    Build

    Prices & technology

    Sizes, for a 10 MW flat load

    The year, hour by hour

    Renderer: starting…

    Each column is a day of 2024 and each row an hour of that day, Pacific Standard Time. Every cell splits that hour's load among whatever served it. Hover, tap, or focus the picture and use the arrow keys to read an hour.

    Hydrogen in storage: lowest level each day

    Month by month, as a table

    The build at 10 MW

    What the sliders mean in steel, glass, tanks and land, using the equipment pack's constants.

    The same 10 MW from fuel

    The campaign

    From the mill to the Siskiyou Solar Belt.

      What's real at McCloud

      Every fact carries its status. Pick one to read it and its source.