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Comment by londons_explore

Europe still has many megawatts of solar with inverters that disconnect when detecting any grid disruption.

This is the absolute worst thing to do when there is a shortage of power - you immediately make the shortage worse and more grid disconnects.

The real fix is a grid with second by second pricing based on system frequency, and every individual user allowed to set a daily 'spend cap' of euros/dollars, letting them choose how much they are willing to pay for reliability.

Such an market has a huge stabilizing effect on demand, meaning a major incident would probably only have fairly small impacts on system frequency and embedded solar wouldn't disconnect.

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