Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory
Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory
Germany has installed a record number of solar panels. But consumers aren't starting to use them fast enough.
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This is the entire reason why countries like China are investing hard into ultra-high-voltage transmission lines.
While regions like Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia have immense wind and solar potential, getting that electricity to the population centers is challenging.
Selling electricity to Eastern Europe, to Northern Africa, hell even to the Middle East is an option if Europe is truly operating an electricity surplus.
Ironically pursuing high voltage low potential and low voltage high potential are required in equal amounts for future energy grids lol.
EDIT: Had some words flipped mb
What?
Potential means voltage in the context of electricity
A supercapacitor is defined by low voltage but high potential for energy storage, as in high capacitance. It's energy per unit of mass is far greater than regular batteries. Therefor we have low voltage storage solutions and high voltage energy distribution across a grid, which results in the witicism of the above comment.
If potential meant voltage in every context then we wouldn't need the word voltage.
Europe and the US already have UHV transmission lines. Grid interconnects and long-distance transmission have voltage between 500kV-1,000kV
China is still developing its national grid.
Look at a map of the European power grid: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-European-high-voltage-transmission-grid-Source-Adapted-from-GENI-2011_fig1_281127145
Now repeat your claim again, but this time be serious.