People Are Okay With Wind & Solar Installations In Their Neighborhoods, Studies Say::More neighborhoods than ever are accepting the role of solar and wind power installations near their homes and towns.
People Are Okay With Wind & Solar Installations In Their Neighborhoods, Studies Say::More neighborhoods than ever are accepting the role of solar and wind power installations near their homes and towns.
It makes grid planing an absolut nightmare. We need to overbuild by a lot so a few days with less wind and sun doesn't lead to blackouts. Big windparks can be turned off reliably if there is too much energy produced, but the same can't be said for personal installations.
While it's possible to disconnect personal solar cells from the grid by increasing the frequency a bit, you can't just do that if the village is still connected to the entire grid. You first have to switch the whole village manually into island mode. Not to mention that a lot of times they don't restart automatically.
You can store energy, it's not a use it and lose it situation. EVs do this. On your second point, things that are absolutely necessary like you're refrigerator, could be on the grid but everything else isn't or it's a mix or hybrid.
Also, why is everyone only talking about what's on the market? Americans are extremely inventive, there are ways to add personal power in that could be hybrid and smart so you could control all that. You wouldn't have to make it an island but readjust your wiring to handle both. How are Europeans doing it?