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bybobstreo ( 1320787 ) writes:
and bundle solar/wind powered charging, with AC inverters?
Of course I'm paying something like $.14 a KwH from the electric company. $100 a KwH with my (non winter) electrical needs would take a long time to pay off...
bycommodore64_love ( 1445365 ) writes:
Typically solar power is dumped onto the wires, for use by factories during the day...... and then returned to homeowners by the Electric company at night when the solar panel is dark. Few solar users store the energy locally.
byShanghaiBill ( 739463 ) writes:
Typically solar power is dumped onto the wires, for use by factories during the day...... and then returned to homeowners by the Electric company at night
The problem is that netting to grid doesn't scale. Power consumption is higher during the day, but actually peaks between 4-7pm, when many businesses are still operating, but many people are also arriving at home and kicking on the AC. So power demand peaks just as the sun is setting.
There are several solutions:
1. Storage.
2. HVDC long distance transmission, so Arizona sun can power ACs in Florida.
3. Flexible pricing. People will conserve if they save enough. They don't need to run the dryer at 5pm.
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byOceanplexian ( 807998 ) writes:
Or..you know..we could continue to build out nuclear energy. Then I can run my A/C and not have to 'conserve' based on the position of the sun or the direction the wind. And as a bonus, it's scalable so a generating station the size of a small office building can power an entire city.
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byShanghaiBill ( 739463 ) writes:
Or..you know..we could continue to build out nuclear energy.
Nukes are base load, not peakers, so they don't mesh well with renewables.
The demand at 5pm can be three times the demand at 3am. Nukes don't produce that kind of variable output.
a generating station the size of a small office building can power an entire city.
Bullcrap. There is a lot more to a power station than just the reactor.
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