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Residential may very well work best off grid, or better still with highly localised combined heat and power. There's probably still bumps that are better smooth
by NeedMoreTea 8y ago
Residential may very well work best off grid, or better still with highly localised combined heat and power. There's probably still bumps that are better smoothed at grid scale than everyone having peak battery coverage.
Industrial use changes things. Take the grid away and there'll be some unpleasant knock-on effects to prices for everything.
Large industrial users are already smoothing the grid, either with cheaper pricing for off peak use, and deals for intermittently taking surge from the grid. With no grid and no daily varying residential and office loads how do you smelt your aluminium or cook your canned foods other than at normal price? Does every plant need to be local to power generation now?
- greglindahl 8y agoElectric car charging can smooth the grid, similar to industrial users. If big battery cars (that only need to be recharged every few days) become popular, and most people can plug them in both day and night, and you have a forecast of when the car user might need to actually be fully charged, then you can charge-or-not depending on the weather.