Exactly. That is exactly what we need to do.

Then the rest of the year we have cheap hyper-abundant power.

Ideally, yes. But, what is actually happening is that near the summer solstice, generation rates aren’t “cheap”. They are negative. We are putting so much power on the grid that generation companies are paying for people to take it off during ideal generation conditions.

That is a big fucking problem. Negative rates mean we stop “spamming” solar panels long before we have enough to meet winter demand.

The solution to that problem is 3-season industries. Major industrial consumers that only operate from spring through autumn, soaking up the excess power, then going offline, shedding their excessive load for the winter.