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To: TimF who wrote (71495)	8/12/2016 10:35:47 AM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) of 86350

Because on the vast majority of grids solar is a fairly minor source of power. Make it (or it and wind combined) dominate like you seem to want and you would need a vast amount of storage (or an acceptance for brownouts and blackouts). Actually very little storage is required to operate a robust and reliable grid. Especially when grids are interconnected over large distances. It will provide a lot more then having a solar installation will. If your personal experience was running a utility that is installing solar, ok that's going to give you a lot of relevant information. Not so much having some contractor install them for your house. I've been engineering and installing RE systems for over forty years with my business. And no contractor installed PV systems on my homes. I did it myself many years ago.

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