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Is there too much solar power in Australia?

And everywhere, it seems, demand for power from the grid — that is, demand for power not being met by rooftop solar — has fallen to record lows. But all of this solar is prompting some hard questions, and gnashing of teeth, for one, simple reason — there is, at times, too much solar power in Australia's electricity systems to handle.

Is solar power a success in Australia?

Solar power is a remarkable success in Australian households, but huge progress brings its own set of challenges for the existing energy grid. For example, in WA there is no connected grid to offload excess power to, or to import electricity from when the sun isn't shining bright. What's next?

Does Australia have a solar power surge?

Australia's solar power surge is world-leading, but energy storage is lagging. Are cheaper household batteries inevitable? Solar power is a remarkable success in Australian households, but huge progress brings its own set of challenges for the existing energy grid.

Does South Australia need rooftop solar?

What South Australia could not use itself, it exported to other states. And everywhere, it seems, demand for power from the grid — that is, demand for power not being met by rooftop solar — has fallen to record lows.

Does South Australia have solar power?

Such has been the extraordinary production of solar in Australia this spring, the entire state of South Australia has — at various times — met all of its electricity needs from the technology. What South Australia could not use itself, it exported to other states.

Is Australia over-abundance of solar a problem?

At the heart of the concerns about Australia's occasional over-abundance of solar is a technical phenomenon known as minimum demand. The term refers to the demand for power from the grid. Necessarily, it excludes the demand that is met by rooftop solar panels — so-called behind-the-meter sources of supply that are provided by customers themselves.