Re:Solar and Wind to Top Coal Power in US for First Time in ...
by nicoburns on Saturday December 16, 2023 @09:15PM
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I think we’re likely a few years away from a tipping point beyond which adoption of powerwall style home batteries takes off in a big way. Assuming that dynamically priced electricity becomes more common, which seems inevitable.
Re:Solar and Wind to Top Coal Power in US for First Time in ...
by wyatt_dolores on Sunday December 17, 2023 @10:32AM
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Tesla has implemented a virtual power plant in California using people's Tesla PowerWall batteries: https://www.tesla.com/support/energy/virtual-power-plant/pge
Imagine software that could run on EVs, Powerwall-type batteries, computers/tablets/smartphones, and so on, which would automatically charge and discharge for passive income. Essentially algorithmic trading, but with power instead of stock. You'd just have to configure any necessary time ranges and charge percentages, e.g. maybe your EV needs to be at 25% by 8am and again by 5pm on weekdays in order to make your daily commute.
Maybe some EVs will start to come with built-in crypto miners to burn negatively priced power when the battery is at capacity. Maybe Lyft/Uber and Waymo/Cruise will take advantage of it by increasing and lowering rates based on the price of power (if they don't already).