Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]
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Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]
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Re: Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]
#2It's awesome to see the duck curve finally easing in an area with a lot of battery storage. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next few years brings -- hopefully fossil fuel demand in California get decimated. 2024 consumption of natural gas for electricity consumption should see a large decline once the full data is out.
Re: Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]
#3It's awesome to see the duck curve finally easing in an area with a lot of battery storage. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next few years brings -- hopefully fossil fuel demand in California get decimated. 2024 consumption of natural gas for electricity consumption should see a large decline once the full data is out.
And then this needs to spread to other states. The ones with lots of sunshine first, and then the ones with lots of wind and offshore wind (we're starting to see major buildouts off the East Coast.) It gives me a lot of faith in humanity that we're making real progress on these problems.
Re: Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]
#4It's awesome to see the duck curve finally easing in an area with a lot of battery storage. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next few years brings -- hopefully fossil fuel demand in California get decimated. 2024 consumption of natural gas for electricity consumption should see a large decline once the full data is out.
agree this is awesome and congrats to all.. electric vehicles are just starting however as a percentage of road miles. Expect electricity demand to continue to increase steeply?
Re: Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]
#5It's awesome to see the duck curve finally easing in an area with a lot of battery storage. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next few years brings -- hopefully fossil fuel demand in California get decimated. 2024 consumption of natural gas for electricity consumption should see a large decline once the full data is out.
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Re: Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]
#6It's awesome to see the duck curve finally easing in an area with a lot of battery storage. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next few years brings -- hopefully fossil fuel demand in California get decimated. 2024 consumption of natural gas for electricity consumption should see a large decline once the full data is out.
agree this is awesome and congrats to all.. electric vehicles are just starting however as a percentage of road miles. Expect electricity demand to continue to increase steeply?
The good news is that electric car charging will be mostly done whenever power is cheapest and demand is lowest so it should be the easiest possible extra demand for the grid to support.
Re: Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]
#7It's awesome to see the duck curve finally easing in an area with a lot of battery storage. I'm looking forward to seeing what the next few years brings -- hopefully fossil fuel demand in California get decimated. 2024 consumption of natural gas for electricity consumption should see a large decline once the full data is out.
agree this is awesome and congrats to all.. electric vehicles are just starting however as a percentage of road miles. Expect electricity demand to continue to increase steeply?
Norway's vehicle fleet is now 25% EVs and their per capita electricity usage is the same it was a decade ago[1]. Oil infrastructure uses a ton of electricity, and California refines most of the oil it consumes because of its geography and unique fuel blend. EVs may actually reduce California's overall electricity usage.
Re: Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
agree this is awesome and congrats to all.. electric vehicles are just starting however as a percentage of road miles. Expect electricity demand to continue to increase steeply?
The good news is that electric car charging will be mostly done whenever power is cheapest and demand is lowest so it should be the easiest possible extra demand for the grid to support.
Is that true?
If a homeowner has a home charger, and comes home from work and immediately plugs their car in, won't the charging start right during peak demand? I guess there could be software in cars that tells them to delay charging past evening peak demand, but I guess there will be a mechanism for the car owner to bypass that.
Re: Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
The good news is that electric car charging will be mostly done whenever power is cheapest and demand is lowest so it should be the easiest possible extra demand for the grid to support.
Is that true? If a homeowner has a home charger, and comes home from work and immediately plugs their car in, won't the charging start right during peak demand? I guess there could be software in cars that tells them to delay charging past evening peak demand, but I guess there will be a mechanism for the car owner to bypass that.
Why are you talking as if this "could exist"?
It already exists in almost every EV...
Re: Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California [Updated]
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
The good news is that electric car charging will be mostly done whenever power is cheapest and demand is lowest so it should be the easiest possible extra demand for the grid to support.
Is that true? If a homeowner has a home charger, and comes home from work and immediately plugs their car in, won't the charging start right during peak demand? I guess there could be software in cars that tells them to delay charging past evening peak demand, but I guess there will be a mechanism for the car owner to bypass that.
This syste exists in the UK and is available to consumers.