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Re:New bill would let New Yorkers hang solar panels from win... by leonidasrup on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @10:08AM (#47779171)
The sky is not falling in Germany, buildings are not crumbling and the grid is sometimes overpowered with solar electricity when the weather is sunny, there is not enough demand and grid operators can't remotely curtail small solar systems. Like during Easter Monday

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-07/germany-p...

Germany has to invest more in smart electric meters, which could project negative electricity prices to individual households.

And more investments in energy storage systems. (Even through I think that lithium batteries would better help decarbonization in EVs than in electric grid storage systems).

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Re:New bill would let New Yorkers hang solar panels from win... by simmschi on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @10:30AM (#47779521)
Totally agree, the current state of the German grid is not ideal. But I have the naive gut feeling that storage prices will also come down and we will see a similar non-political quiet revolution here as well. I.e. people and companies will simply install more and more storage because it is economically viable, not because of ideology. We'll see.
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Re:New bill would let New Yorkers hang solar panels from win... by leonidasrup on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @11:10AM (#47780229)
Germany’s Federal Network Agency is aware of stability issues of the German electric grid on days like Easter Monday and insufficient deployment of smart meters.

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/german-grid-regulator-l...

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