> The whole purpose of electrical grids is to stabilize such things.
Except it doesn't. Which is why Germany didn't decrease its gas plant capacity. They're needed when there's no wind.
> The forced outage rate of solar is almost 0, wind is about 1%.
The issue with wind/solar isn't forced outage. It's that the wind doesn't blow all the time, so comparing how much cost 1MWh of wind when the wind blows with 1MWh of coal is dishonest. You're comparing apple and oranges.
Except it doesn't. Which is why Germany didn't decrease its gas plant capacity. They're needed when there's no wind.
> The forced outage rate of solar is almost 0, wind is about 1%.
The issue with wind/solar isn't forced outage. It's that the wind doesn't blow all the time, so comparing how much cost 1MWh of wind when the wind blows with 1MWh of coal is dishonest. You're comparing apple and oranges.