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Re:Adding capacity to the electricity grid is not a simple task by jacquesm on Thursday April 06, 2023 @06:18AM (#35466448)
Almost. Along the German border there are a couple of HV interconnects and those definitely caused trouble on the other side on high wind days.

https://www.google.com/search?q=germany+czech+grid+windfarm+...

Most of this has been dealt with in the meantime, but such problems really do occur, but they're utterly blown out of proportion by the anti-renewables lobby.

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Re:Adding capacity to the electricity grid is not a simple task by ZeroGravitas on Thursday April 06, 2023 @08:53AM (#35467681)
> He said Germany could solve the problem by allowing its grid operators to turn off renewable sources at times of excess production, which is not currently possible under German law.

This is not a technical problem, but a legal one. And even the legal issue has at least 3 technical solutions, they're just negotiating over who should bear the cost of working around the legal situation.

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