At the end he said “… keeping the grid in balance with millions of tons of spinning inertia.” Well, this is now being simulated by the electronics in the battery energy storage systems and other electronics. It’s called VMM – virtual machine mode. Soon, there will be very few thermal power plants left after all
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By this 2024 summer even lower battery prices. Battery prices collapsing, grid-tied energy storage expanding
That’s a lot of stalls! I also made a few calculations. The canopies at GF Texas have 9 by 4 = 36 solar panels. Assume each panel puts out 350 Watts. 350 * 36 = 12.6 kW. Each canopy covers 4 stalls, so 164 stalls divided by 4 = 41 canopies. 12.6 kW * 41
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Rosie Barnes *debunks* the myth that Electric Vehicles will crash the grid – she shows that EVs will charge during the daytime and power the grid during the dark. 1 min. YouTube video.
