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How often do you get blackout in California? Here in Central Europe I didn't get even 1min. blackout for a year, lol. Guys, you should upgrade your power grid
by RektBoy 4y ago
How often do you get blackout in California? Here in Central Europe I didn't get even 1min. blackout for a year, lol.
Guys, you should upgrade your power grid and build more powerplants, not this dumb BS.
- joelthelion 4y agoWait for the winter... Things aren't looking good this year :-(
- bagels 4y agoSome years a dozen times. PGE is punishing us for suing them over wildfires. They shut the power off for multiple days , multiple times because it was breezy.
- kllrnohj 4y agoMore powerplants isn't the answer to ever increasing spikes. Powerplants can't ramp up & down very quickly, so addressing spikes with more powerplants just leads to more waste. And since we're talking reliable power at dusk, that means large co2 emissions & non-renewable, dirty fuel sources. Grid energy storage is increasingly critical. Distributing it to all the houses isn't really a bad idea for a battery-based solution. Pumped water is a great option for grid storage and is used throughout the world for that, but we are talking California here. Water is a precious & limited resource there.
- archi42 4y agoAt least UK and Germany also have virtual power plants for various purposes. It's a smart way to handle peak demand and it's great that Tesla allows regular people to participate (and profit) from this [edit]so easily[/edit]. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_power_plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_power_plant The German Wikipedia has some more details on the various kinds of VPP in Germany. For those interested in the topic I recommend using a translator like deepl or Google translate: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuelles_Kraftwerk https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuelles_Kraftwerk