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> That wouldn't work for much of the South where summer usage for a house can easily hit 100 kWh/day for air conditioning. It should be noted that peak energy
by Florin_Andrei 9y ago
> That wouldn't work for much of the South where summer usage for a house can easily hit 100 kWh/day for air conditioning.
It should be noted that peak energy expenditure for air conditioning happens more or less at exactly the moment when the influx of energy from the Sun is also at its peak. That's, like, a gigantic hint that mother nature is dropping on you, hoping you'll notice it. The disease, and its cure, are gushing forth from the same place at the same time.
Probably most of the energy for air conditioning in the future will not come out of storage, but it would be produced at the moment when it's consumed, by solar panels or some other solar technology.
- clock_tower 9y agoFrom the grandparent's post: > "The hottest part of the day usually starts at about the end of the prime solar hours."
- jamestnz 9y agoFor those interested in more info on this, it's called Temperature Lag. There's also the related phenomenon of Seasonal Lag, which is where the hottest part of the year comes somewhat after the period of maximum solar radiation, not during it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diurnal_temperature_variation#Temperature_lag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diurnal_temperature_variation#... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_lag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_lag
- Florin_Andrei 9y agoThere's still significant overlap, it should be used.