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It will also make solar even more attractive.
by BiteCode_dev 5y ago
It will also make solar even more attractive.
- simiones 5y agoSolar is not great for over-night charging...
- BiteCode_dev 5y agoMost people buy solar panels with energy storage.
- dmitrygr 5y agoI am getting solar with battery (in Texas) and I asked all the companies I spoke to when collecting estimates. They said < 10% do. Solar saves you money on the electrical bill and has a chance of breaking even over time. Storage doesn't nearly as much since most people sleep a large portion of the night. Additionally, I suspect you severely underestimate the additional cost ($10k in hardware alone [2], and that is before you get to permits and labor) and severely overestimate the average American family's ability to pay it [1]. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=median+income+usa https://www.google.com/search?q=median+income+usa [2] https://www.buildwithrise.com/stories/tesla-powerwall2-basics https://www.buildwithrise.com/stories/tesla-powerwall2-basic...
- GuB-42 5y agoOne of the big things of the "green" crowd is that EV batteries can be used as storage for absorbing excess solar/wind energy, and maybe even put it back into the grid. Basically the opposite of your suggestion. For solar, cars should be charged around noon. Overnight charging is ideal if we go nuclear. Now I am talking about global scale, on an individual scale, everyone does what's best for them. For example, if you have net metering, having solar panels and charging overnight makes a lot of sense. Having batteries at home and emptying your home battery into your car battery during the night can also make sense depending on what kind of contract you have with you utilities and the kind of subsidies you can pretend to. Anyways, most of the people I know (not in the US) with solar panels don't have energy storage, because they have net metering, or even better, they sometimes sell for more than they buy per kWh.