“What if the sun isn’t shining and the wind stops blowing?” critics of renewable energy often say along with, “fluctuations in supply mean renewables can never be our base-load power source.” However, our power system has been designed around coal, gas and nuclear generation for decades and if we really want to make a shift to renewables then we must reshape our power system to account for that. Renewable energy is not just another source of energy competing for a piece of the energy mix. It is a clean form of power that helps us solve one of the biggest problems facing our world today. Despite proving itself on price and power provision under a system designed for its competition, renewable energy still faces criticism. If renewables are the inevitable goal of our current highly polluting power system, then isn’t it about time that we redesign the playing field to help ourselves achieve it? “Putting […]