Ok, I get the sarcasm but I ask is it realistic to blame poor or inadequate planning? Alt energy may solve many individual issues but clearly the grid problems in the Philippines were not anticipated, or if they were, they were not addressed.
If you don't understand that you need battery power to offset wind and solar power generation, well, enough said. If you don't plan for contingencies, you have a mess. Grid operators may be crying "foul" but is this after the fact? Didn't they anticipate? Or were they not ready to accommodate?
Additionally, solar and wind power systems require conventional backups to produce electricity, because they do not generate electricity at times when it is most needed. Since the output of solar and wind plants cannot be predicted with high accuracy by forecasts, grid operators have to keep excess reserve running just in case. This also places extra stress on the grid which can cause brownouts or blackouts.
“If you continue going down this route, you’re going to have significant challenges in managing disturbances,” John Moura, director of reliability assessment at the North American Electric Reliability Corp, told EnergyWire late last month. |
