Germany experiences negative electricity prices on a near daily basis now from spring through fall.
This weekend, prices were more negative than usual, but still not that negative.
This weekend, prices were more negative than usual, but still not that negative.
"However, BDEW warned that around half of the new capacity came in the form of small-scale systems under 100 kilowatt each, which under current rules feed into the grid whatever they produce, without the option to curtail production when this is necessary to ensure grid stability."
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-adds-record-175...
Smart electric meters for individual PV producers that signal and account for negative prices would help. e.g. if your balcony solar power pushes electricity during oversupply you pay penalty.
It'll result in a lot of misinformed shrieking from people, but probably the way forward is to remove the guaranteed price subsidy for individual household producers, and make it so thar they have to join a VPP if they want to sell to the grid.
https://www.mvv.de/photovoltaik/ratgeber/solarspitzengesetz-...