In an effort to use more sustainable energy sources and ones that contribute less to greenhouse gases, many places are switching to solar and wind energy systems. Our electricity is dispersed throughout a grid system that was created for distributing power produced at a constant rate by a power plant. In an article on NPR, it talks about how the energy grid needs to be updated to allow for our new energy sources. Solar and wind energy sources are dependent on the weather, so they produce energy at varying rates. Additional solar and wind energy inputs changes the way the grid operates pushing towards an innovation to handle our increasing use of renewable energies.
As great as I think the integration of both solar and wind energy sources are for our environment, I do think that they pose quite an issue in terms of dependency. While reliance on power plants is detrimental to our environment, especially in regards to global greenhouse gas emissions, I do believe it is risky to construct a variety of both solar and wind energy sources, especially as they are both dependent on factors which are entirely outside of our control.
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