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Right. That's a worst case scenario for peak power demand if everybody was charging their EVs at peak time. The solution is to install smart chargers, and incen
by Reason077 7y ago
Right. That's a worst case scenario for peak power demand if everybody was charging their EVs at peak time. The solution is to install smart chargers, and incentivise off-peak charging so that a high proportion of charging happens at off-peak times, when there is plenty of surplus generation and grid capacity available.
Or, to put it another way: It doesn't make sense to spend billions on building new power plants just because everybody is plugging in their cars when they get home at 6PM every night and causing a huge demand spike. Smart charging and demand management is a much cheaper way to solve the problem.
- michaelt 7y agoThe 8GW figure is for everyone charging at peak time; the 4GW figure is for smart chargers (i.e. dynamic internet-of-things off-peak charging) So smart charging halves the need for new power stations - but doesn't eliminate it.