Eli5: how will a power grid that is mostly powered by many non synchronous renewable generators (solar and wind etc) remain stable, when the stability of the grid is currently reliant on the collective inertia of the large scale base load generators of fossil fuel and nuclear power plants?
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When you have thousands of point of generation, the highs and lows cancel each other out. With more and more electric cars, those batteries can be used to stabilize the grid. In addition, various kinds of electricity demand (refrigeration, car charging) aren’t as time sensitive and can be turned on and off as demand spikes. Finally, virtually every grid is stabilized by hydro.
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