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That's an US problem: some grid operator are also owners of power plants. Of course they don't want to make the grid friendly towards distributed solar power ge
by goodpoint 4y ago
That's an US problem: some grid operator are also owners of power plants. Of course they don't want to make the grid friendly towards distributed solar power generation and microgrids because it would eat away from profits from their power plants.
And they are allowed to lobby politicians yadda yadda... This is a political problem, not technological. And should be solved at a political level.
> The future is distributed microgrids even if it isn't the theoretically optimal future.
Distributed microgrids does not imply that they are not connected to each other, but you are right: democratizing energy production is much more important than nitpicking at efficiency.
- zbrozek 4y agoI didn't claim those microgrids wouldn't interconnect to the larger grid. ;) Low reliability and high per-unit-energy costs are driving me to be self-sufficient but to maintain my grid connection to reduce likelihood of correlated failure. I suspect the regulators will dramatically drive up grid connection fees at some point in the future. When we get there, I'll simply disconnect entirely and get my backup from gasoline.