Crissa
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- First Name
- Crissa
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- Jul 8, 2020
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Locally, we're installing a huge amount of batteries to alleviate the peaker issue. Batteries move even faster than peaker plants, so don't have to over-produce like the peaker plants.
They're also funding installation of timed EV charging, tho no solid plans exist yet, to charge cars during the day at work or home, or at night at home. Shifting the demand to when we have more renewable energy available.
The peak power demand of a summer's day is 60% more than the lowest during that day. That means we have to have that much more generation sitting around.
So needing 30% more power - especially power that doesn't happen at the peak - is no big deal. More, EVs are batteries, and can store power from when it's cheap to when it's needed.
-Crissa
They're also funding installation of timed EV charging, tho no solid plans exist yet, to charge cars during the day at work or home, or at night at home. Shifting the demand to when we have more renewable energy available.
The peak power demand of a summer's day is 60% more than the lowest during that day. That means we have to have that much more generation sitting around.
So needing 30% more power - especially power that doesn't happen at the peak - is no big deal. More, EVs are batteries, and can store power from when it's cheap to when it's needed.
-Crissa
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