Podcast: solar intermittency and the electricity grid
Posted: Monday, 9th July, 2012 Filed under: News & Media, Solar energy & the grid | Tags: podcast 1 Comment »
Australia has abundant solar energy resources, but there has been very little publicly available research on how the variable nature of sunshine affects electricity networks – until now.
You can listen to CSIRO’s Dr Glenn Platt discuss his team’s recent report and findings in this podcast. There’s also a transcript, if you prefer to read it online.
This solar thing is getting popular now and i’ve been to a dealer to get one for me but he said it only comes up with amenities attached to it. Like a fan and a couple of tube lights and you can’t use any other electrical device you’ve at home besides those attach to the solar panel. Is that True?