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I like that you are running these numbers. However, solar and wind will be overprovisioned when costs are low enough, so they will not run at capacity when the
by 1123581321 8y ago
I like that you are running these numbers. However, solar and wind will be overprovisioned when costs are low enough, so they will not run at capacity when the weather is sunny and breezy. Also, they do not provide zero output when it is cloudy or calm. Output should not drop from 100% to 0% in this example.
The residential battery cost is significant, but should be broken out by home. A home generator would be more appropriate for several days of emergency power, just as now. These cost about $3,000. Anyone willing to buy a Tesla power pack should not find this cost objectionable.
Also, I would not look at popular discussions such as the one we’re having as representative of government and private sector ability to plan renewable energy capacity.
- errantspark 8y agoIf you're interested in some real world napkin math data points. I live off grid in the bay area and on the worst case rainy day around the solstice I made about 2/3 of the wattage of my solar array in watt hours. That day was in the worst week and I made about 7x the wattage of my solar array in watt hours over the course of the week. LiFePo4 storage cost me about $3/Wh including BMS, solar cost me about $0.7/W including charge controller.