America is so dependent on solar energy that they start to fear eclipse

Cutting off the area's electricity to this extent must blame God.

The Mayans and the ancient Egyptians had the same conception of eclipses : "an inherent disorder of order was established". That is the conclusion of the director of Griffith space observatory in Los Angeles, Mr. EC Krupp.

It seems that this modern day is no longer enchanting and no one believes in it, yet it is real. On August 21, the solar eclipse will take place in the United States, and they may face a solar crisis when the solar eclipse occurs, the sky becomes pitch black.

The US may face a solar crisis when an eclipse occurs.

When the darkness encompasses North America, it is expected that the grid will shrink by about 70 megawatts per minute, two to three times faster than the daily rate of decline of this grid. This number does not come to the point of causing catastrophe, but it will make the United States seek a solution to a new dilemma: controlling the electricity grid is gradually depending too much on solar energy.

California currently holds nearly half of the nation's solar capacity. In the past 5 years, California has increased its influence from 0.4% to 10%, the parameter comes from the report of the US Energy Information Administration. On August 21, that number will be equivalent to a shortage of about 6,000 megawatt when the solar eclipse is expected to last for several hours. For ease of comparison, 6,000 MW is enough to power a large city.

Estimating the effect of solar eclipse on the national grid.

To compensate, the authorities will have to rely on backup energy from gas and hydropower plants. In 2016, European countries had up to 90% of the energy on the grid from solar energy "surviving" through the realization, there was no reason that the United States could not do so. This time, they also have a person who went ahead to study the experience.