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Re:Europe: close to power grid blackout (49,74Hz power line ... by dadzilla on Friday January 08, 2021 @11:52AM (#25686643)
That would be politically inconvenient.
Re:Europe: close to power grid blackout (49,74Hz power line ... by bob1029 on Friday January 08, 2021 @12:43PM (#25687361)
It is unfortunately true that intermittent sources of power generation subtract from grid stability. Texas (ERCOT region) had a huge incident back in 2019 with rates skyrocketing to $9/KWh for over 90 minutes. Many attributed this to an over-reliance on wind generation.
Re:Europe: close to power grid blackout (49,74Hz power line ... by MayeulC on Friday January 08, 2021 @12:18PM (#25687008)
No, that would be using solar as a scapegoat for bad planning.
Re:Europe: close to power grid blackout (49,74Hz power line ... by 99_00 on Friday January 08, 2021 @01:11PM (#25687729)
What do you mean by bad planning. Are you talking about planning that is flexible and responsive to pick up the slack. For example, a high demand day that is cloudy and not windy?
Re:Europe: close to power grid blackout (49,74Hz power line ... by MayeulC on Saturday January 09, 2021 @09:16AM (#25700536)
I am talking about designing a grid to be robust, and has enough spare capacity to handle difficulties without failing catastrophically.

For critical infrastructure, you design for worst-case scenarios, inflate the safety margins, and make backup plans (like a plan to gracefully degrade service).

Failing this and cutting corners is what I would call bad planning.