German Grid Aching Under (Too Much) Solar Power
The German electricity grid faces instability because of too much solar power, an expert said. Thanks to a generous feed-in tariff, the installation of rooftop solar panels and large-scale photovoltaic plants has exploded in Germany. Stephan Kohler, chairman of the DENA agency, an energy adviser to the government, has warned that the green boom could turn into a disaster for Germany’s aging power grid .. Experts forecast between 8 gigawatts and 10 GW of solar power capacity to be installed this year — the equivalent of roughly 10 large coal-fired power plants .. If the current trends continue, Germany would have a solar power capacity of nearly 50 GW by 2013. “That would be a catastrophe for the grids,” Kohler said
safe to say this is a “good problem” fer the Germans – mab .. read more
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