Comment by tiffanyh
2 years ago
EV's
This will become a bigger issue for all as more EV's gain adoption.
And with the reluctance to use nuclear, there's not many reliable options for clean energy.
2 years ago
EV's
This will become a bigger issue for all as more EV's gain adoption.
And with the reluctance to use nuclear, there's not many reliable options for clean energy.
Do you have any supporting evidence for that? becuase i have seen EV's power entire homes when the power is cut, which kind of sounds like the opposite. I have also seen most 'smart' chargers take demand into account when charging up your car.
Massive solar deployment is a great clean energy source to add to the existing plants. However, it isn't a solid baseline source without storage/batteries.
This is where EVs can help if they have V2G aka bidirectional charging capabilities.
Nuclear will take years if not decades to solve the problems but solar can be deployed in months or a year with the right incentives.
EVs might become a large part of the grid's energy storage, smoothing out these conditions of solar/wind shortages.
If ERCOT is paying bitcoin miners to not mine, I don't see why they wouldn't be willing to pay EV owners for some storage capacity and cooperative charge scheduling.
ERCOT pays even home users to use LESS electricity even during non-emergency situations.
It's way cheaper to give incentive pricing to consumers to use less energy, than it is to build an entirely new power plant.
Adding an EV to my garage didn't do any of this. It charges when there's plenty of energy around.