Mystery of 60-Second Fluctuations in Power Grids Solved
- 30 October 2026Why do our grids show a brief spike in electricity demand every minute?
- A team led by Dirk Witthaut from Forschungszentrum Jülich has now demonstrated that this is due to regular power checks carried out by large-scale battery storage systems.
- These findings could help to make our electricity supply more robust, as the team reports in an article published in Nature Energy.
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- 30 October 2026Why do our grids show a brief spike in electricity demand every minute?
- A team led by Dirk Witthaut from Forschungszentrum Jülich has now demonstrated that this is due to regular power checks carried out by large-scale battery storage systems.
- These findings could help to make our electricity supply more robust, as the team reports in an article published in Nature Energy.
Sources: Fz-juelich