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The cost of compensating wind farms for overloading the power grid, which considering the UK's current (and future!) wind generation capacity, is not inconseque
by krona 6y ago
The cost of compensating wind farms for overloading the power grid, which considering the UK's current (and future!) wind generation capacity, is not inconsequential.
Wind farms in the UK have to be disabled for periods during the Winter, which is hardly ideal, even if such downtime is a few hours at a time.
- pydry 6y agoIf you factor in the cost of upgrading the grid wind turbines are still a bargain. Especially if you consider the economic possibilities of periods of nearly free electricity - e.g. fleets of electric cars/storage heaters/aluminium shelters demand shifting to take advantage.
- Devils-Avocado 6y agoWe need to begin building that smart charging/discharging capability into electric cars now, then. We need to establish the regulatory and user interface standards around this ideally before we start manufacturing tens of millions of EVS each month. It might make sense to also unbundle electricity for consumers, charging the live wholesale rate and indicating the pricing via apps, alerts, or indicators on the meter itself.