So far at least the California grid has the following problems:
1) excessive solar during day time
2) expensive peak power rate when solar goes down as fossil fuel cannot ramp ip very fast
3) battery is expensive so you can’t just build a lot of it for EV or grid storage
4) EV still has range and charging speed problem
5) sometimes gasoline is cheaper than electricity and sometimes electricity is cheaper than gas
Since vehicles to grid technology is making progress, why can’t we come up with gasoline to grid to address some of this? As long as the garage is open or the owner is paid (gas refill card plus a per kwh cash), or generates just enough for his own need, I see this as a great way to address our grid problem at a cheaper cost.
You don’t end up wasting too much electricity or gas, or buy too much battery to waste, or ramp up too much peaker plant output to waste, or dump the solar, etc. It is not any technological challenge we don’t already have a solution for either.
1) excessive solar during day time
2) expensive peak power rate when solar goes down as fossil fuel cannot ramp ip very fast
3) battery is expensive so you can’t just build a lot of it for EV or grid storage
4) EV still has range and charging speed problem
5) sometimes gasoline is cheaper than electricity and sometimes electricity is cheaper than gas
Since vehicles to grid technology is making progress, why can’t we come up with gasoline to grid to address some of this? As long as the garage is open or the owner is paid (gas refill card plus a per kwh cash), or generates just enough for his own need, I see this as a great way to address our grid problem at a cheaper cost.
You don’t end up wasting too much electricity or gas, or buy too much battery to waste, or ramp up too much peaker plant output to waste, or dump the solar, etc. It is not any technological challenge we don’t already have a solution for either.