Solar and wind energy may stabilise the power grid - Utility Products Magazine

Renewable energies such as wind, sun and biogas are set to become increasingly important in generating electricity. If increasing numbers of wind turbines and photovoltaic systems feed electrical energy into the grid, it becomes denser - and more distributed. Therefore, instead of a small number of large power plants, it links a larger number of small, decentralised power plants with the washing machines, computers and industrial machinery of consumers.

The energy transformation as a supply grid issue: Currently, large central power plants basically supply their immediate surroundings. In future, more small, decentralized wind and solar generators will take on a greater load of the supply. This will lead to a new network architecture that may be less vulnerable to power outages than present-day grids, contrary to the fears of some. designergold, based on outlines provided by the MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization

Such a dense power grid, however may not be as vulnerable to power outages as some experts fear. One might assume that it is much harder to synchronise the many generators and machines of consumers, that is, to align them into one shared grid frequency, just as a conductor guides the musicians of an orchestra into synchronous harmony.