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This is why we need to consider energy demand, as well as supply. Specifically, if we had a whole continent's worth of electric cars charging during the day to
by Factorium 5y ago
This is why we need to consider energy demand, as well as supply.
Specifically, if we had a whole continent's worth of electric cars charging during the day to soak up excess solar production (8am - 6pm);
And allowed them to offload the same energy back into the grid from 6pm - 8am.
To deal with the duck curve: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sam-Milshtein/publication/335893104/figure/fig2/AS:804597450952705@1568842389392/Californias-Duck-Curve-11.jpg https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sam-Milshtein/publicati...
The simplest way to solve this is to mandate EV charging points at all workplaces and commuter parking lots, and require all new EVs include the UI and functionality necessary to upload to the grid interactively, and adjust regulations to actually allow and encourage that.
We could also build giant solar farms in Morocco and Western Sahara, a comparatively stable and friendly part of Northern Africa, where peak solar times conveniently align with the evening peak of Central Europe.