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title: The Problem With Renewable Energy (and how we’re fixing it) — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/the-problem-with-renewable-energy-and-how-were-fixing-it/
date: 2016-08-18
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# The Problem With Renewable Energy (and how we’re fixing it)

As the world switches to renewable energy – and we are switching – there’s a problem you might not expect: balancing the grid. Rotational mass and system inertia are the things that keep your lights from flickering: and they only appear in big, old, traditional power stations. Here’s why that’s a problem, and how we’re likely going to fix it.