‘Handelsblatt’ Reports: Photovoltaics “Causing Problems Electricity Distribution Grids
18 hours ago Charles Rotter 41 Comments
By P Gosselin
Photovoltaics are escalating power grid instability in Germany, thus increasing the risk of regional blackouts. Too many cheap, uncontrollable systems from China are flooding the market.
“Millions of solar installations will have to be torn down”
Hat-tip: Alexander Raue
In Germany there are growing fears of power grid blackouts. The reason: The effects that the “rapid expansion of photovoltaics” is having on grid stability.
“Many countermeasures will not take effect for years,” reports the online business daily Handelsblatt. “In 2023 alone, the number of photovoltaic systems connected to the grid rose by 30 percent to 3.4 million units, the Federal Statistical Office announced on Monday.”
As more and more small-scale systems get installed, the more unstable power grids are becoming, experts are warning. Because wherever more electricity gets produced than consumed, the grid can collapse.
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