Is Australia on the verge of having too much solar energy? | Tristan Edis

Solar will represent a very substantial part of our power supply, but we're hardly at risk of generating too much. Here's why

Over the last few weeks there have been a number of reports in the media that Australia is on the verge of hitting too much solar energy.

This includes claims by some electricity generators that we are heading towards a "solar peak" - a point at which "there is no point in putting any more solar power into the system" because it will just be spilled and wasted.