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Will be interesting to see if electric car charging at night screws up their current economic model.
by EricE 3y ago
Will be interesting to see if electric car charging at night screws up their current economic model.
- jauntywundrkind 3y agoGood point. It also makes me think of solar, which isn't going to be available at night. But also, that area has some of the worst solar availability in the US, so that's less of a concern than it could be. https://www.nrel.gov/gis/solar-resource-maps.html https://www.nrel.gov/gis/solar-resource-maps.html
- vgeek 3y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowler_Ridge_Wind_Farm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowler_Ridge_Wind_Farm This is right down the road, so maybe wind has more potential in the area?
- jauntywundrkind 3y agohttps://www.nrel.gov/gis/wind-resource-maps.html https://www.nrel.gov/gis/wind-resource-maps.html is the corresponding map resources for wind. I was expecting this was going to be a great point & be exceedingly promising, but the maps there show acceptable but not great wind density. As we get closer to appalacia the wind speeds really pick up. Im also surprised to see even lower wind density in Kansas, which I think of as a state overrun with wind-farms. The availability of land surely factors in, but gee, there just looks like there's so much more wind on the east coast & the south.
- vgeek 3y agoWV has a few farms, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Storm_Wind_Farm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Storm_Wind_Farm is the largest I have seen (super scenic area-- WV is beautiful and has lots of interesting history). It is located next to a sizable coal fired plant. Unfortunately other states in the area (like KY) are openly hostile towards renewables-- virtually 0 wind and limited solar installations. What about Iowa? There seem to be lots of turbines near highways-- more so than the Indiana farms.
- Scoundreller 3y agoMay, June, July and August maps look pretty dope for Chicago though. We need self-erecting containerized PV plants that we can move around with the seasons. Chicago has great rail connections!
- gooseyman 3y agoEven more interesting if electric cars can act as peaker plants during the day. Both of these models come down to efficiency I suppose.
- Scoundreller 3y agoEven if the electricity price converges to the mean, it’s easier to “create cold”/reject heat at night when it’s not as warm out (and sometimes get some good radiative heat loss to the universe).