We have a nation wide grid and a market for power. Storage is less of a problem than cost. CA may not be selling at a price people are buying. It's also hard to raise level of pump storage when the water gets used for ag.
My first guess is CA has distorted the market with subsidies, etc. It is likely a pendulum swing, the asking price will have to come down. Supply greater than demand. Some one is going to get some electrons below cost. On Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 8:30 PM EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > From what I've read, California now has so many PV installations that > they're actually deliberately cutting output - there's more supply than > demand. Springtime is a particular problem because there's ample > sunshine, > but the weather is mild, so there's little need for heating or aircon. > > Long-term storage would seem to be the real answer, I guess (I"m not an > expert), and maybe the legislature needs to revisit their RE goals. > > But for the immediate situation, more EVs => more demand => more efficient > use of installed PV, no? > > Since charging tends to be at night, short-term storage would be a factor, > I > suppose. Seems easier to implement than long-term storage, but again, > what > do I know? > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > If at first you don't succeed, skydiving probably isn't for you. > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210831/ae088e00/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
