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Europe braces for 'unprecedented' power issues from solar eclipse


Europe’s power operators are bracing for potential disruption from the solar eclipse expected Friday, which will knock out almost all solar-generated electricity in an “unprecedented” test for the network.

“The risk of an incident cannot be completely ruled out,” the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (Entso-e) said recently, as 100 times more power is generated from the sun now than during the last eclipse in 1999.

“Solar eclipses have happened before but with the increase of installed photovoltaic energy generation, the risk of an incident could be serious without appropriate countermeasures,” the group said.

“For the first time this is expected to have a relevant impact on the secure operation of the European power system,” warned Entso-e.

Yeah, that green energy sure is looking good these days.

Comments

  1. And what are they going to do when the earth turns away from the sun in a few hours?! FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT!?

    OH THE HUMANITY!!!

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  2. PointSpecial, I think you missed the point. The grid is not taxed at night. It is heavily taxed during the day.

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