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Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by coryrc on Friday January 23, 2026 @10:59PM (#46740927)
If the grid gets heavily overloaded, the frequency and voltage drop. And home-based grid-tie solar will shut itself off when it's most needed. This is fragile and DEcreases reliability.
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Re:In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels by natmaka on Sunday January 25, 2026 @10:57AM (#46755180)
Storage, such as batteries coupled with V2G and also green-hydrogen fed turbo-alternators, can alleviate this.
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