One thing that surprised me - power suppliers have more trouble meeting demand in the early evening than the peak heat of the day, because solar is dropping off faster than demand. That’s a particular ‘hole’ that batteries can fill.
Here’s today’s forecast for Texas, least spare capacity occurs at 8:00 pm:
Have to figure out where in the property but the solar panels going onto our church will have battery’s for storage. Local company is installing with grant money paying for solar and EV charging.
Seems to make sense though… lots of acres of land doing little more than just existing in a sunny state. Makes it easy to install lots of panels on the cheap.
And there are battery programs coming online in California and Australia right now to handle peaks and night time.
That 25% from solar is the max value during the day. It averages 4% over a year. Wind is 24% on average.
Back to cars? Not that I care.
I think the shift in emphasis to hybrids by some manufacturers ti due to slower than expected EV sales and dealers stuck with unsold 2024 models.
Don’t forget, you are not the manufacturers customer, the dealers are.
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If you think the President has that much influence in the price of gas, then I have this bridge in Brooklyn I can sell you.
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