Space You can attend to the example of a country where there has been a significant growth in energies renewablewhich has meant its incorporation into the electricity grid but it has been a growth without control that has generated some instability in the electricity supply.
In this ocean country renewable energies have had a greater growth than in Spain
A clear evidence of the preference for renewable energies is this country of Oceania in having reached a capacity of 25 GW in record timelavishly exceeding the 8.5 GW of autoconsumo of Spain reached after there was an increase from 2.5 GW in full boom in 2022 to a new load of 1,431 GW in 2024.
The growth of solar energy in this nation shows its importance within the energy transition, however, the lack of a reliable control of its production and incorporation into the electricity grid raises some challenges for the stability of the electricity supply.
Evidence of this challenge linked to the control of solar energy was observed in October last year in Australia, specifically in Victoria, where a excess production of this energy source produced a strong imbalance In the electricity grid, which can be seen as an example for Spain.
The systems are so abundant that kangaroos now jump among the solar panels
To have a clear idea of the overproduction of solar energy in Australia, it is enough to know that this oceanic country for November 2024 had more than 4 million solar infrastructure which produced 25 GW willing to be incorporated into its electricity network, this being a load higher than that generated by all coal plants.
In fact, Australia is considered the country with the highest solar energy contribution to electricity with 40% but its goal is to reach 82% generated with renewable energy. It is not free that in this nation of kangaroos and koalas it is the first where solar cells that now cover 90% of the modules arose Solar in the world.
-According to Kane Thornton, CEO of the Australian organization Clean Energy Council, the extraordinary popularity of solar energy in this country is linked to the economy, since Australian households have obtained an average savings of $ 1500 per year in each installation.
To have an idea about the incorporation of solar energy in the electricity supply, it is necessary to know that the generated electrical capacity of this renewable source is 30 178 GWh and contributes 12.4% of the total energy supply in Australia, and proof of its growth is to have reached 11.2% in 2023 and 6.5% in 2020.
The problem of this energy generated when demand decreases excessively
Other data that reflect the active growth of photovoltaic energy is the placement in the second half of the year of 159 011 solar structures above houses and buildings, generating a total of 300 075 photovoltaic systems per year, which led to having more than 4 million of these facilities in November last year.
As revealed in a report, in 2024, 28.4%, that is, almost A third of the solar structures had a domestic battery And currently the 4 million facilities now 4.5% have this battery, meaning that 3.8 million Australians have not been able to double their energy savings.
Several months ago an alert was issued against the risk represented by an excessively low demand and is that currently each user with a solar panel injects its electric surplus without any control creating the possibility of an imbalance in the electrical system.
In conclusion, Australia could promote the greatest energy change in the world serving as an example to Spacealthough There has been a Photovoltaic overproduction that leads to a reduction in the energy demand of the network, especially in the days with a lot of sun and a moderate temperature when consumption is low.
