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The battery and the panels we can do. ITs the upgrades to the grid that we aren't close on and aren't making progress on. If you have an all electric house, a
by zer00eyz 3y ago
The battery and the panels we can do.
ITs the upgrades to the grid that we aren't close on and aren't making progress on.
If you have an all electric house, a 3 day battery, all electric appliances and cars to charge... works great.
Now how about a week of rain. Suddenly your either powerless or your utility has to import enough power to keep that all electric everything running. It's more lines, and transformers. We can't maintain global transformer demand today. A large disaster would be crippling (think solar flair, terrorism). It has been a major issue for Ukraine to replace this damaged infrastructure (due to production constraints).
- mech422 3y agoI'd assume even if you have all that, you'd still be tied to the city grid, so it wouldn't require any 'extra' over your current connection? (At least, thats how it works here - you might have roof top solar, but you keep your existing grid connection...) P.S. - I'm curious what (if any) solar flares/storms will have in the near future as we're approaching the 'bad' part of the solar cycle...Doubtful anything will happen since the strongest recorded sun flare was in 2001 and I dont recall any disruptions. We've added a lot more stuff in orbit, and made transistors a lot smaller since then though, so it will be interesting.