From 2GreenEnergy Intern Olivier Goavec: Countries with Large Volumes of Variable Resources Face Difficulties with Grid Stability

I’d like to thank our wonderful intern from France, Olivier Goavec, for this very interesting piece on the challenges associated with integrating large volumes of variable resources into the grid-mix.  I hope readers enjoy it. – ed

When the Kyoto protocol was signed in 1997 in an effort to slow the pace of global warming, many countries began to change their approach toward energy. For example, the EU adopted in 2008 an internal agreement to produce 21% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020. The region follows an economic policy to provide incentive to investors, by providing an attractive kWh feed-in tariffs.  Read Complete Article Here.