TOO MUCH ENERGY:

Wind energy surplus threatens eastern German power grid (Deutsche Welle, 3/26/11)

More than one third of Germany's 21,500 wind turbines are located in the nation's east. This concentration of generating capacity regularly overloads the region's electricity grid, threatening blackouts.
German Economics Minister Rainer Brüderle recently warned that Germany faces frequent power blackouts because too much 'green electricity' is being pumped onto the grid.

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