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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A nuclear power plant works best at a steady rate, not turning it up and down. So in New Hampshire, that provides a high level of constant power into the electrical grid. Then there is a smaller fossil fuel power plant that provides the back up, to take care of the ups and downs.
TLDR: some plants focus on the ups and downs.
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