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Old 12-19-2021, 04:47 PM   #553 (permalink)
redpoint5
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Your optimism will not be tolerated. The Sky Is Falling, says the Boy Who Cried Wolf.

To temper the optimism, all of the batteries in the world can sustain the grid for seconds, not hours.

As I pointed out, my peak solar production is 5x higher in late spring as dead of winter. That's a tough problem to solve.

My thought is that grid connected EVs will partially solve the problem. An EV represents several days worth of household usage, which is quite the buffer.

Better to come up with ways to utilize what otherwise sits idle 95% of the time.
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