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Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] anonymouspl@piefed.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 0 points 2 weeks ago

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.