A radical idea to get a high-renewable electric grid: Build way more solar and wind than needed
2019 Jul 19
Expanding solar power potential more than it's needed could replace more expensive energy storage. Jamey Stillings, CC BY-SA
Solar and wind can't deliver power on demand. But overbuilding solar and wind, and simply dumping unneeded energy, would go a long way to smoothing out those bumps, study finds.