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Among renewables, I expect wind to be the earliest and cheapest (at least for the near-future) way to charge EVs. Wind output tends to peak late at night/early
by philipkglass 10y ago
Among renewables, I expect wind to be the earliest and cheapest (at least for the near-future) way to charge EVs. Wind output tends to peak late at night/early in the morning: http://www.ercot.com/content/cdr/html/CURRENT_DAYCOP_HSL.html http://www.ercot.com/content/cdr/html/CURRENT_DAYCOP_HSL.htm...
Conveniently, that's when commuter vehicles are most likely to be parked at home. That's also when local distribution circuits are traditionally operating well below capacity, so there won't initially need to be any distribution capacity upgrades to support night time vehicle charging.