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Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears
(www.theguardian.com)
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I'm not an expert but maybe the grid is not uniform in the whole country and you can't simply inject more power in one place and less in another for everything to even out nicely? You know what I mean? Maybe it matters where the power plant is, not just how much power it generates? But I don't know, just thinking.
I think you are partially right. It depends on the power grid and the connections between certain regions. Even if this was the case - it still proves that gas power plants have basically no upsides and there are other, better ways that can work the same way without making us dependent on imported fossil fuels.
Yes, there are other ways but the grid is built to rely on gas turbines for regulation and you can't change that in a year. Even in countries that invest heavily in solar there are issues with expanding the grid fast enough.