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Generally, yes, but a few items: - Distribution systems today can only handle some percentage of EV penetration in a given area, not 100%. Charging an EV from
by conradev 3y ago
Generally, yes, but a few items:
- Distribution systems today can only handle some percentage of EV penetration in a given area, not 100%. Charging an EV from the roof skips the grid entirely
- The bulk of the cost is labor and permitting, not the modules themselves. Given that, California requires solar on newly constructed homes
- California updated their net metering program so that ratepayers aren’t subsidizing rooftop solar anymore (in NEM 3.0, homeowners get paid wholesale rates)
- inglor_cz 3y ago"Charging an EV from the roof skips the grid entirely" As long as you have enough sunshine hours in your region. Southern Spain is fine year-round, but you won't get any meaningful output out of a solar panel in Finnish winter. The rest of Europe lies between those two extremes. Northern winter will be made more challenging by addition of EVs to the grid, because a lot of electricity is being used for heating as well.