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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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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And that is the issue, it cant. Hence, the need for peeker plants to supply power when renewable is not available. And starting/stopping peeker plants adds way more pollution than just running them at a steady state.

The real solution are nuclear plants to provide a solid base.