View Single Post
Old 02-05-2019, 06:45 PM   #4824 (permalink)
RedDevil
Master EcoWalker
 
RedDevil's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
Posts: 3,999

Red Devil - '11 Honda Insight Elegance
Team Honda
90 day: 53.95 mpg (US)
Thanks: 1,714
Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,455 Posts
A Tesla car battery can store as much electricity as my house needs in 10 days. That would see it through many a sunless and windless night.
It is entirely possible, but admittedly quite expensive.

Then it would be stupid to have every house equipped with big batteries. There's a grid, and the wider it cooperates the lesser the variations will be - not zero, absolutely not; but much less than local.
Strategically placed units on the grid can be cheaper, smaller in total and much more effective. They could f.i. also help improve the electric phase integrity.
Many EVs will be hooked up to the grid at any one time. They can be charged 'smart' when beyond a certain minimal level or even provide a buffer to optimize supply and demand.
__________________
2011 Honda Insight + HID, LEDs, tiny PV panel, extra brake pad return springs, neutral wheel alignment, 44/42 PSI (air), PHEV light (inop), tightened wheel nut.
lifetime FE over 0.2 Gmeter or 0.13 Mmile.


For confirmation go to people just like you.
For education go to people unlike yourself.

Last edited by RedDevil; 02-05-2019 at 06:58 PM..
 
The Following User Says Thank You to RedDevil For This Useful Post:
aerohead (02-06-2019)