Comment by privatelypublic
2 days ago
You missed a huge upcoming one: EV's. I firmly believe that paying EV owners with vehicle-to-load capability will soon be used to smooth out peaks and troughs in the grid. Maybe in the future even systems that use DC fast charging contacts to get the huge DC voltages needed for an external inverter capable of powering several houses.
As in, "an electric vehicle fleet that charges during the day and powers the grid at night if the owner opts in"?
It's not going to be optional. And day/night isn't even nearly fine enough granularity. It'll be minute by minute and grid tied.
I suspect we'll see the grid get very close to 100% being the "base" load, and the complexities of having power flow in so many directions will cause the largest blackout to date.
I think they were talking about homes not businesses