Solar Energy reduces the load of the grid because the renewable energy will be consumed locally first. This puts less strain on it.
Solar Energy reduces the load of the grid because the renewable energy will be consumed locally first. This puts less strain on it.
The grid which connects the Suncor Fort Hills mine in Alberta to Tijuana in Mexico.
Even if you want to expand that grid to the level of everyone getting their winter midnight electricity from the midsummer sun on the opposite side of the planet, the material element of the "electric highway" isn't what stops it, it has a low cost compared to the last-mile stuff that already exists.
The biggest issue in germany regarding grid and renewable is a distance of 800km between north germany which has a lot of wind and south germany which has a lot of solar.
Diverge it a little bit better and no issues