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In the Netherlands the energy network is undergoing a huge upgrade because of wind and solar- technologies nobody predicted in the 1970s. Things used to be sim
by expedition32 7mo ago
In the Netherlands the energy network is undergoing a huge upgrade because of wind and solar- technologies nobody predicted in the 1970s.
Things used to be simple: big power station makes energy and lines transport it to every home.
Now you have vast wind farms far out on the North Sea and millions of buildings have solar panels.
And to top it all off electricity replaces gas for heating and cooking.
We're gonna need bigger cables.
- torginus 7mo agoImo one of the biggest wins of renewables + battery is you can skip most of that infrastructure - you can have solar panels on your roof, on the edge of town, and you can skip most of expensive transmission infrastructure.
- sevenseacat 7mo agoAt least they're upgrading your network, over here in Australia they've realized (about 20 years after we became one of the biggest users of household solar) that too many people having solar makes the grid unstable and the load unreliable, so they want to start charging solar owners for feeding into the grid instead.