Comment on Solar becomes EU’s largest electricity source for the first time
lime@feddit.nu 1 week agoi mean, italy has not produced enough power to meet domestic demands since the 80s. they’re the biggest electricity importer in europe. i don’t know if the rest of the continent can handle them switching off of gas.
Damage@feddit.it 1 week ago
The context of the conversation is vast deployment of solar panels
lime@feddit.nu 1 week ago
yeah, intermittent power that recently led to grid collapse in spain. it’s not about how much power you make, it’s about how to distribute it efficiently.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
US disinformation pigfuckers claimed it was due to intermittent power. No such conclusions were ever made, and there is no physical/tech challenge/impossibility to not have a stable grid with intermittent power.
lime@feddit.nu 1 week ago
the reason stated in the report was that base load failed to correct. it was a novel failure case, but very much related to a grid with intermittent power tacked on.
of course there is no technical reason it wouldn’t work, but we are in the real world, where technical solutions are not implemented in a vacuum. the grid is yet to be completely retooled for intermittent wave-following sources, and accidents like this are how we figure out what not to do.
also “us disinformation pigfuckers”? really? the us has a vendetta against spain now?
stink@lemmygrad.ml 1 week ago
Sand batteries are perfect for heat