California’s impending grid problem
BY RON STEIN AND TODD ROYAL: Can the California grid handle the charging challenges for the electric vehicles it's pushing?
BY RON STEIN AND TODD ROYAL: Can the California grid handle the charging challenges for the electric vehicles it's pushing?
“At a certain point—and California seems to have reached it already—new solar PV does nothing to satisfy new peak net demand.”
To function, power grids require demand to exactly match supply, which is an enormous problem for variable wind and solar power.
Solar energy has five fatal flaws for supplying 24/7 grid power.