Too much sun could plunge Britain into darkness this summer.

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The National Energy System Operator (NESO) says we’re facing a perfect storm of high solar generation and low household energy demand. This leaves the grid more vulnerable to voltage spikes which could trigger outages for millions of homes.

For those who watched the lights go out across Spain and Portugal during last April’s record-breaking blackout, these conditions will sound eerily familiar. A surge in solar and a lack of grid stability triggered a devastating domino effect that cut power to more than 50 million people.

All signs seem to point to the fact the UK is heading for the same fate. As NESO outlines urgent measures to balance “surges in energy generation”, clean energy sceptics have been quick to blame renewables. But we must get one thing straight: solar is not the........

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