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		coryrc 63 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In Europe, wind and solar overtake fossil fuels 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.

natmaka 61 days ago [–]

Storage, such as batteries coupled with V2G and also green-hydrogen fed turbo-alternators, can alleviate this.

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