>Brownouts will ripple across the landscape; control centers will call up big companies and beg them to turn off the lights; managers of ultrasensitive modern c

>Brownouts will ripple across the landscape; control centers will call up big companies and beg them to turn off the lights; managers of ultrasensitive modern control centers will watch in horror as voltage drops lead to factory shutdowns. (Germany, a leader in renewable-energy use, is already facing this situation. Kraut here. I have yet to experience this or read about it in the news, I think the author is either exaggerating or misinformed. What is true is that renewables already are putting a lot of strain on the net and there are plans to invest in a lot of new power lines and switches to better stabilize the grid, but the tone of the article is just ridiculous.