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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I'm always circling back to the idea of V2G (vehicle to grid) storage schemes to help solve the problem of intermittency of power generation. Whenever you can kill 2 stones with 1 bird, it has my interest.
I wonder how much of a buffer would be reasonably available if 50% of households had EVs connected to the grid? Average household consumption rate is 1.2 kW. EVs could reasonably be expected to output 6-9 kW back to the grid, so they could support 6 households for every connected EV, and that's assuming the need to provide 100% of the electrical needs instead of some "make up" portion.
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A friend is only going to attempt 1-kW (synthesized sign-wave inverter)for a power outage.It will allow for refrigerated food preservation,modest LED lighting,and communications,plus potable water pressurization from above-ground storage.
When I was 12-volt,I never knew when power outages happened.There were a few of us,and we just rocked along on without a hiccup.
By the way,complete night time grid failures are a great opportunity for astronomy.You can see really dark skies when urban light bubbles croak.
