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Re:Solar and Wind to Top Coal Power in US for First Time in ... by danans on Sunday December 17, 2023 @12:58AM (#38670680)
> Invest in smart grid-aware EV & home battery charging technologies. Instead of charging whenever you first plug them in (which is usually ~6 PM), load from EV charging should be distributed to whenever the grid has excess power available, with a random factor so that not all EVs charge at once.

Within a handful of years, major home electricity-consuming appliances will come with built-in batteries used for both backup purposes but also for shifting load to the cleanest/cheapest electricity available. By this time commercial/industrial will have already transitioned to this.

Re:Solar and Wind to Top Coal Power in US for First Time in ... by Dylan16807 on Sunday December 17, 2023 @01:21AM (#38670784)
I doubt that. Putting batteries into appliances sounds extremely awkward.
Re:Solar and Wind to Top Coal Power in US for First Time in ... by guidoism on Sunday December 17, 2023 @03:00PM (#38675846)
Apparently it has already happened https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/2... TL/DR: batteries are cheaper than paying an electrical to upgrade a 120 line to 240.
Re:Solar and Wind to Top Coal Power in US for First Time in ... by Dylan16807 on Monday December 18, 2023 @12:22AM (#38679496)
That's a very different motivation, though. Any other reason lets you centralize your backup power. And even then, "no major manufacturers".