Batteries with grid-forming inverters crucial to keep 100%-renewables grids functioning
Without the deployment of batteries featuring “grid-forming” inverters, on 100%-renewables electricity networks, the biggest threat to energy supply will not be a lack of sun or wind, according to AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, but an absence of the “system inertia” which keeps voltage frequencies stable.
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