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The solution to the problem is real time pricing based on the grid's requirements at any moment in time. The current model also disincentives battery installati
by jupp0r 5y ago
The solution to the problem is real time pricing based on the grid's requirements at any moment in time. The current model also disincentives battery installations.
If prices were adapted to grid requirements, we'd have negative energy prices during peak solar production hours so customers should be encouraged to charge their own batteries using their solar or even get paid for charging their batteries via the grid. During hours of high demand but little production, batteries should send energy to the grid.
Of course all of this requires infrastructure as well, which needs to be paid for somehow.
- josephcsible 5y ago> The current model also disincentives battery installations. Isn't this actually a good thing, at least right now? Wouldn't replacing more ICE vehicles with EVs help the environment more than installing more Powerwalls would, and don't EVs and Powerwalls both share the same currently-constrained battery supply?