Some countries produce too much electricity at a certain period of the year, and have to pay another country to get rid of their extra own unconsumed electricity. Why can’t a power plant produce more electricity than consumed, what’s the physical obstacle to do so?
Also, what will the receiving country do if this surplus of electricity is again not consumed entirely?
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Where would they dump it? Electricity generation must be consumed as it’s generated or bad things begin to happen. Renewables are handy in this regard because utilities can simply shut off generation as needed to match demand.
That being said, as battery storage becomes a thing, it will possible to store vast amounts of overproduction.
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