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> EV charging is 100% new generation capacity and doesn't take any of the existing load off the power grid. All the more important to ensure this additional de
by jakewins 3y ago
> EV charging is 100% new generation capacity and doesn't take any of the existing load off the power grid.
All the more important to ensure this additional demand is flexible. Shaping it to match renewable production and low-usage hours in the distribution grid means higher capacity factors across the board and less new transmission+distribution need.
> Converting <home heating> to electricity is going to require more electricity
Yes.
- AnthonyMouse 3y ago> All the more important to ensure this additional demand is flexible. It's inherently flexible. Shaping it to be that way isn't a particularly hard problem. The issue is that it's entirely new demand -- what you're really replacing is the petroleum burned in existing cars, not any part of the existing power grid. So how do you solve the demand currently served by coal and natural gas and home heating oil, rather than gasoline and diesel? > Converting <home heating> to electricity is going to require more electricity I feel like editing out the "at night" part hasn't actually provided a mechanism for supplying that electricity at night when it's cold and you need heat.