[idiotsecant]

No, having too much power without storage is exactly as bad as not enough. That's how the physics works. It's a zero sum game or it's lights out for the grid. It takes a lot of smart people and simulations to do a semi decent job of walking that tightrope day after day after day. Overproduction is a huge problem, as evidenced by the frequent negative power pricing of CA solar

[standardUser]

"No, having too much power without storage is exactly as bad as not enough."

That makes no sense to me.

[throwaway2037]

I agree. The excess can be used to produce hydrogen gas (for heavy industry) from splitting water.

[adrianN]

If you have the infrastructure to produce hydrogen at scale you pretty much automatically have the infrastructure to store excess renewable production. That makes the "baseload!!" argument for nuclear moot.

[idiotsecant]

if you have hydrogen splitters than you don't have excess power. You have as much load as you have power.