> The problem, put simply, is that renewables don't want to be reactive power sources. It requires additional equipment to properly determine what the frequency

> The problem, put simply, is that renewables don't want to be reactive power sources. It requires additional equipment to properly determine what the frequency of the grid should be (some rely on flywheels, for example) and getting it wrong can be disastrous for the grid and equipment. I sort of agree with you, but the motive I'm not sure I agree with. "renewables don't want to be reactive" doesn't feel right. The challenge here is technical/control. There probably is no heuristic you can make at your home to know how to nudge the power phase/reactivity, or to supply less. I think renewables probably could be enormously helpful and probably wouldn't mind, wouldn't be very hard for them to help shape the power!! They are vastly more flexible at inverting power than any other power source, are very readily programmable. But most renewables don't have the whole grid view, would be guessing wildly based on local conditions that don't provide adequate information to show what's really happening to the power network. I hope over time the idea of the Virtual Power Plant related infrastructure starts building good protocols, starts being able to ask for what it wants from who it wants, providing some of the coordination necessary to take advantage of the enormous flexibility that renewable power, with its digitally dictated power delivery, bring. I think renewables would be amazing and happy to help here, if there were better information flow.