Content: The technological challenges of integrating variable renewable energy

Study materials: Start with the accessible overview of the role of grids in harnessing more renewable energy provided by Agora Energiewende (2018a, attached below) and think of the challenges variable renewable energy brings to grid operations. Then learn more about the two most impactful solutions to many of these challenges: cross-border trade and supply and demand flexibility. The former is covered neatly in this video by Real Engineering while for the latter get back to Agora (2018b, skip the case studies if under time pressure).

Get ready: You learned about the challenges of integrating large amounts of variable renewable energy into the grid and some of the envisioned or already deployed solutions. Now go one step further and think about the challenges of implementing these solutions - what are they? How can you deal with them?