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Unfortunately, electrical grids are very rules and procedures based. I could totally imagine that most installations aren't allowed to top up a few old solar f
by londons_explore 3y ago
Unfortunately, electrical grids are very rules and procedures based.
I could totally imagine that most installations aren't allowed to top up a few old solar farms with new panels without also bringing the rest of the farm up to modern standards re: fire and electrical safety.
Also, I could totally imagine that grid connections are based on the manufacturers rated power output, and not the lowered output because the panels are old.
- gwern 3y agoIf grids are very conservative, that would also seem to suggest that grid operators would want existing solar farms topped up rather than replaced - old debugged solar farms declining, to be replaced by excitingly untested new ones, seems like an unnecessary risk? Compared to if one could just instead just slot in the new solar panels one by one, gradually, incrementally, into old trusty solar farms...