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How inverters can stabilize a renewables-heavy grid

How inverters can stabilize a renewables-heavy grid

Volts

September 5, 20251h 2m

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Show Notes

Today's electricity grids are kept stable by the inertia of spinning masses — mostly fossil fuel generators. But what happens when those spinning masses are replaced by inverter-based resources like wind, solar, and batteries? The answer is that inverters must take over the stabilizing job, becoming "grid-forming" rather than merely “grid-following.” I chat with two experts about how grid-forming inverters work, how many are out there, and what the future holds for them.



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