How to balance renewable grids WITHOUT energy storage!

Balancing renewable power sources on modern electricity grids is becoming one of the greatest logistical challenges of our time. Battery storage helps, but it's incredibly expensive. Now a team from Vermont University has taken inspiration from the internet to build a system that could save gigawatts of power each day.


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