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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:
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/50057.pdf
Infrastructure balancing would be necessary, but feasible. Their results show some decent cost savings.
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Those all address variations in the power on the line, instantaneous demand [load] and storage capabilities, once all the other problems I was addressing are sorted out.
EDIT: Or, what al said above.