On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 at 12:18, Stephen Forrest <sforrest.au@gmail.com> wrote=
:

> And then you have Western Australia (specifically s.w. WA) where solar
> installation exceeds fossil fuel generation:
>
> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-01/rise-of-rooftop-solar-power-jeopar=
dising-wa-energy-grid/11731452
>
> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-08/authorities-look-to-control-house-=
rooftop-solar-power-in-wa/11773436
>
> Excess solar input with low demand means the spinning generator has
> insufficient load to maintain minimum output. As noted in one of the
> articles, they used to worry about excess demand. Now they worry about
> insufficient demand.
>
> Simplistically you can throw solar away without problems (unlike wind).
Practicality you want a certain load to keep your grid-ties grid tied, and
restarting a grid tie solar system is a non-zero-time operation.



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