And I predict it will go further: these battery systems with grid forming inverters with batteries attached will disconnect from the grid during a blackout and this effectively means they provide a firewall aka UPS for everyone attached to them.

March 20, 2026 - 17:57 UTC

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The future grid will be inherently stable bottom-up. It will consist of a society of nested micro-grids with the grid as backup. They will make energy cheaper, more resilient and more local.
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But even if you don't buy into that, its pretty clear that the blame game is upside down: renewables could have stopped the blackout but were forbidden to.

The solution is clear: allow the inverters of batteries and renewable energy to stabilise the voltage. Problem solved. End.
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I always assumed this was what was meant by the “smart grid” that used to be talked about. Was that something more?
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