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Originally Posted by Fish
They've done plenty of testing and modeling to determine what the electrical grid can handle with regards to input from solar/wind/etc. And there aren't really any problems until you get to over 30% penetration. Wind power is what causes the most invariability. Solar is fairly consistent. Here's a study done on WestConnect Energy:
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The problem is not the amount of power produced or the variability. Its the quality of the power thats being put into the system. Your articles are talking about demand and the mix between base load and variable power, but thats not what we're talking about.
It costs money to make sure that the solar power being provided by random homeowners, however much is produced or whenever it is produced, is fully compliant (or is adjusted to be fully complicant) with that utility's specifications for AC.