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This is only a problem because of money. Maybe California should install some power storage centers in order to hold the excess for later.
I'm hoping to one day install some solar, and looking forward to setting up non-battery "storage"
e.g., electric water heater that turns on when there's an excess of power, deep freezer that gets as cold as possible when there's excess power, that sort of thing. It seems thermodynamics is the relevant discipline for these sorts of "storage" methods :)
As an aside
while smart devices are much maligned, some rudimentary smart features for matching consumption seems like a pretty good idea. (If I ever get around to this stuff it'll be local control via HomeAssistant.)
Im a fan of gravity based energy storage. Excess energy is used to raise a weight up a slope and it can be reclaimed when the weight is released.
Absolutely! Living in a city, this gets a bit tricky though. But if I had a giant reservoir on a hill...and another one below it...