Could solar power cause a blackout?

David Biello makes an interesting point at Scientific American that the grid just isn’t set up right now to handle a large amount of distributed solar power, like the kind you see on people’s rooftops. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t push for more solar installations, just that we need to consider changes in infrastructure along with it.

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