By high energy storms do you mean CME's? If anything it would be smart to also spend on preventing that problem at the same time. Faraday cages in transformers and such.
no meant literally higher wind speeds being bad for wind mills & more moisture/clouds/rain in the air being bad for solar panels.
Ah, yes. Each place has advantages for different power. Nuclear is the best for a strong backbone for the grid. Batteries make the grid more stable though.