Energy storage overcapacity can cause power system instability and blackouts, too
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- Zunlian Zhao 1
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Bo Yang
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Changsha University, Changsha, China.
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Zunlian Zhao
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State Grid Corporation of China, Beijing, China.
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Spyros Foteinis highlights the acknowledged problem that an insufficient capacity to store energy can result in generated renewable energy being wasted ( Nature 632 , 29; 2024 ). But the risks for power-system security of the converse problem — excessive energy storage — have been mostly overlooked.
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Nature 633 , 286 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02896-3
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