Re:West London faces new home ban as electric grid at capaci...
by Ekaros on Thursday July 28, 2022 @05:56AM
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Makes one to think how much of the solar capacity will end up simply unused during peaks. That is it is there, but the relays have disconnected it. As we simply will not have enough places to sink it all and for grid stability you can't produce more than you use...
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Re:West London faces new home ban as electric grid at capaci...
by dvfjsdhgfv on Thursday July 28, 2022 @06:23AM
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Unfortunately one of the biggest technical problems with renewables is that we still lack an efficient way to deal with energy storage. It's still relatively expensive, inefficient, and creating waste. Maybe in 20-30 years you will be able to live in the winter using the energy produced during the summer and stored in batteries that are cheap and 100% recyclable, but it's not a reality yet.
Re:West London faces new home ban as electric grid at capaci...
by sph on Thursday July 28, 2022 @10:43AM
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20-30 years is optimistic IMHO. We're still a huge technological breakthrough in batteries away for large-scale, high-capacity energy storage to be viable.
It might happen, but the technology still isn't there, yet we're going all in on renewables, especially in countries like Germany and Italy where nuclear is politically toxic.
Re:West London faces new home ban as electric grid at capaci...
by implements on Thursday July 28, 2022 @06:16AM
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“PV Diverters” supposedly remedy that problem. They use current transformers to detect when the home’s solar supply is outstripping its demand, and then switch on power consuming devices like electric water heating / air conditioning so the power isn’t wasted.