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How many new power plants are planned? Or do many houses have their own photovoltaic. Optimally, one has a house with 10+KW/H photovoltaic panels at home, an b
by frik 10y ago
How many new power plants are planned? Or do many houses have their own photovoltaic.
Optimally, one has a house with 10+KW/H photovoltaic panels at home, an battery storage and an electric car. The battery storage is needed, as one is usually away at work when the sun is shining. And if you deliver the eletricity to the grid provider you get little money, so it would make sense to use the power yourself or store it to power up your car for next day. And of course your employer would need parking lots to power up electric cars.
(what would be not optimal to have huge coal/atomic power plants in the neighbourhood that produce the electricity for your car - then a petrol powered car would make more sense)
And if you own an electric car, do you own the battery pack too? Or do you have lease the power pack for something like 100$ per months plus all the costs electricity to recharge? - I would like to buy an electric car, and want to own the battery myself.
- kalleboo 10y agoPV in Norway sounds like a bad joke. The northern parts get zero daylight hours for 2 weeks in midwinter.
- kwhitefoot 10y agoNot a joke at all. Oslo gets more sun than Hamburg. Also take a look at the Energibygg: https://translate.google.no/translate?hl=en&sl=no&u=https://www.glitreenergi.no/konsern/apnet-unikt-bygg/&prev=search https://translate.google.no/translate?hl=en&sl=no&u=https://...
- ptaipale 10y agoThe problem is that Oslo, like all the Nordics, gets more sun in the summer when it's less necessary, and practically none in the winter when energy is needed. Norway has so much hydroelectric capacity that it doesn't matter, though.
- kwhitefoot 10y ago> Norway has so much hydroelectric capacity that it doesn't matter, though. We have substantial DC interconnects to countries that have little or no hydro so our prices are no not much different from the rest of Northern Europe. Any excess solar would be sold to Europe just like excess hydro is now. It could also be used to drive pumped storage to ensure that the reservoirs are full for the winter.
- ptaipale 10y agoSure, but it tends to be summer in Germany at the same time there's summer in Norway. Pumped storage is a nice thing when the nature allows it, and Norway has plenty of opportunity there.
- snom380 10y agoThe nice thing about hydroelectric is that the energy you use from photovoltaics during the summer means you don't have to drain the dams as much during summer, which means you'll have more power in store for winter (unless you've decided to sell it to Europe first). There's also at least one hydroelectric plant in Norway that supports storing energy by pumping water into the basin, although that feature is rarely used.
- gsnedders 10y agoThe centre of population is well, well south of the Arctic Circle. Heck, almost half the population of Norway live in the metro area surrounding Oslo.
- tormeh 10y agoNorway has lots of hydroelectric power. A lot of it's exported, though, so using more of it will make the countries that would otherwise use Norwegian hydro use something dirtier instead.