Pierro, M., Cornaro, C., Moser, D., Perez, R., Remund, J., & Barchi, G. (2026). A pathway for firm and dispatchable solar/wind supply through generation and markets splitting. Energy https://doi.0rg/10.1016/J.ENCONMAN.2025.120662 innovation program under Grant Agreements N. 952957, Trust-PV project and N. 101146883. 3.6 Mitigating Grid Impact of Distributed Solar Generation through a M. Pierro, A. Donadello, D. Prando, D. Moser, G. Barchi (2025) [25] The growth of distributed generation from variable renewable energy sources, which is necessary to achieve the European Union's planned transition to renewable energy by 2050, levels. It is increasingly occurring that distribution grids, especially at the low voltage (LV) level, this energy to the national transmission grid (congestion on transformers), compromising the stability and quality of electricity supply. Thus, although distributed solar generation is essential for the energy transition, some local grids are no longer able to accommodate new solar plants (saturation of hosting capacity). In addition, the increasing self-consumption and the variability in the residual load (demand net of self-consumption) of the DsO's control area. Increased variability, together with unmetered distributed solar generation (DsOs do not monitor plant output), makes the residual load increasingly difficult to forecast. This results in