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German Experts Warn Of Grid Instability…”Conventional Power Plants Needed For A Long Time To Come”
By P Gosselin on 27. August 2022

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Germany’s massive, subsidized expansion of electricity generation from renewable sources has squeezed out conventional generation units out of the market. Two experts warn of growing grid instability.

Quo Vadis, Grid Stability?
Original article at Die kalte Sonne

The conclusion of the two is very alarming. Here, too, not a word about “storage facilities galore. Here, reality clashes with the wishful thinking of some green energy protagonists who think there is enough storage and that all that needs to be done is to change the “mindset,” as Patrick Graichen put it.

The continued expansion of highly volatile renewable energy sources and the further displacement of more conventional generation units from the market are making the power grid increasingly sensitive to weather-related fluctuations. Unusual weather phenomena such as dark doldrums pose significant challenges to the security and stability of supply to the power grid. The largely intermittent output of solar and wind farms does not correlate with fluctuations in electricity demand.

https://notrickszone.com/2022/08/27/german-experts-warn-of-grid-instability-conventional-power-plants-needed-for-a-long-time-to-come/
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German Experts Warn Of Grid Instability…”Conventional Power Plants Needed For A Long Time To Come”
By P Gosselin on 27. August 2022

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Germany’s massive, subsidized expansion of electricity generation from renewable sources has squeezed out conventional generation units out of the market. Two experts warn of growing grid instability.

Quo Vadis, Grid Stability?
Original article at Die kalte Sonne

The conclusion of the two is very alarming. Here, too, not a word about “storage facilities galore. Here, reality clashes with the wishful thinking of some green energy protagonists who think there is enough storage and that all that needs to be done is to change the “mindset,” as Patrick Graichen put it.

The continued expansion of highly volatile renewable energy sources and the further displacement of more conventional generation units from the market are making the power grid increasingly sensitive to weather-related fluctuations. Unusual weather phenomena such as dark doldrums pose significant challenges to the security and stability of supply to the power grid. The largely intermittent output of solar and wind farms does not correlate with fluctuations in electricity demand.

The U.S. should be watching and learning.

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'Grid instability' and 'Volatile Energy Sources' are two phrases that we need to start throwing back at the woke Left.

Take a page from their playbook - root for the little guy. They're trying to freeze grandma to death.
The Republic is lost.

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'Grid instability' and 'Volatile Energy Sources' are two phrases that we need to start throwing back at the woke Left.

Take a page from their playbook - root for the little guy. They're trying to freeze grandma to death.

And grandpa, too!

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