Why did Australia Switch Off Solar to Stabilize the Grid?

What’s happening? To stabilize the grid, Australian regulators remotely switch off thousands of household solar panels to avoid blackouts.

Why is this important? Unlike what we hear about in North America, this was a result of South Australia experiencing “near-record minimum demand levels for electricity from the grid” during a planned outage of circuit. Earlier in the weekend the grid experienced too high demand.

How will this be important? Grid stabilization is key when use is too high and too low. Plan accordingly.

ABC Australia | Solar panels switched off by energy authorities to stabilise South Australian electricity grid