Solar power complex in California [USA. Gov – BLM – Bureau of Land Management]
Welcome to the inglorious green revolution, where the lives of ageing gas power plants have to be extended and various other mini ‘solutions’, some relying on equipment owned by individual citizens, have to be adopted in a frantic effort to keep the lights on. Of course none of this was necessary before renewables were deemed to be the future of electricity supply, in the vain hope of altering the climate. What’s next if these measures are not enough?
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Sometime next summer, there’s a decent chance a heat wave will bake the American West, and California’s power grid will again be stretched to its limits, says TechXplore.
As the sun sets, solar panels will start generating less electricity even as temperatures remain high.
Power plants that burn natural gas will fire up as…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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