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Grid operators are currently mostly against renewable As someone who moves a lot, it's always curious to me that grid operators vary so widely on this. Some p
by reaperducer 2y ago
Grid operators are currently mostly against renewable
As someone who moves a lot, it's always curious to me that grid operators vary so widely on this.
Some places (like where I am now), the grid operator hates renewables and especially rooftop solar.
Other places, the grid operator will actually subsidize rooftop solar because it they say it reduces the amount of generation it has to do, thus saving money on infrastructure and maintenance.
Of course, each location has wildly different climates, but the regional politics aren't that different, so I don't think it's about ideology.
- shadowgovt 2y agoIt depends heavily on their market incentives. If the local power company is also in charge of the wires, less load on the wires means less cost. In a market where distribution and generation are different operations, generation only cares about whether anyone's going to buy the electricity they want to put on the wire and you saying "No thanks, I'm full" is in direct competition to their interests (and existence as a firm).
- idiotsecant 2y agoHuh? Transmission networks get directly financially rewarded for more power flowing in the form of wheeling charges. It's wild reading HN discussions of topics that I actually know about. It makes me wonder how much I can trust the discussions I don't know about.
- pjc50 2y agoThis is very jurisdiction-dependent, isn't it? And different for nationalized operators like the UK?
- scrlk 2y agoThe GB grid has a nationalised system operator (NESO). The transmission and distribution networks are privatised.
- tekla 2y agoI know things about airplanes. The discussions here about airplanes is laughable, below wikipedia level.
- ggm 2y agoThis is definitionally "Gell-Mann amnesia" isn't it? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect