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> One problem is that the highest solar power output is around mid-day, Tariffs that reward charging electric bikes, cars and home backups at these times can a
by spacebanana7 2y ago
> One problem is that the highest solar power output is around mid-day,
Tariffs that reward charging electric bikes, cars and home backups at these times can also really help.
> The other problem is the country uses a lot of power for heating during the winter
Sadly I doubt the UK will ever be able to move away from winter gas. It's hardwired into many heating appliances and, as you say, it's challenging for batteries to shift the load.
- Qwertious 2y agoDoes targeting charging ebikes make any sense? If the average bike is 500Wh, and bikes mostly aren't completely depleted (a trip to the shops might only take 10% of the battery) then you're talking about maybe 100-200Wh normally. And you're probably charging from a normal wall socket, so there's no easy way to signal to the bike when to charge. Please don't say "add WiFi", bikes should not have WiFi and don't need it. So, how would tariffs targeting ebike charging even work? Telling people "put WiFi on your bike so we can tax you" is a poor strategy that guarantees noncompliance, its load isn't particularly different from other wall-plug appliances so if the tariffgot too high then people would just pretend they're using the microwave, and the total electrical cost of charging might be under 10 cents, so a 10% tariff would be less than 1 cent - so who would even care?
- spacebanana7 2y agoI’d intend for consumer tariffs to have much lower pricing during periods of high solar output. It doesn’t particularly matter whether consumers use it for charging a bike or powering a washing machine. The battery charging examples came to mind as the most “shiftable” consumption sources, but anything would do.