the Scottish independence issue
Jan 23rd 2014, 5:36 pm
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Re: the Scottish independence issue
Regarding electric cars - won't most charging occur at night, during off-peak times? The 'risk' element of power generation pertains to peak demand periods only. Plugging cars in overnight would seem to be in everyone's interest.
Jan 23rd 2014, 5:59 pm
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Re: the Scottish independence issue
McCulloch v. Maryland is a good read, a good discussion of the implications of holding the power to tax.
Jan 23rd 2014, 6:09 pm
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But getting by and operating without symptom using a system with even less marginal surplus is very much a double edged sword over the long run.
Jan 23rd 2014, 6:36 pm
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Re: the Scottish independence issue
The sun does not shine at night seems to be one issue.
Jan 23rd 2014, 7:17 pm
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Very helpful.
Or have a very long extension cable?
Or have a very long extension cable?
Jan 23rd 2014, 7:21 pm
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Jan 23rd 2014, 7:23 pm
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Re: the Scottish independence issue
You can pump water up hill, not that efficient.
Batteries, well not so much.
What else?
Batteries, well not so much.
What else?
Jan 23rd 2014, 7:28 pm
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Re: the Scottish independence issue
The main, and by far the most efficient solution is to move demand, not production. While large numbers of plug in electric cars will create a number of problems, if the chargers are "smart" and preferentially charge when demand is generally low, and cut out entirely if demand is very high, the car charging activities could be used as a large "counterbalance", to even out the peaks in troughs in demand, and enable a larger, more efficient base generation level.
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Jan 23rd 2014, 7:32 pm
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Re: the Scottish independence issue
Fair enough, but - daytime demand is double nighttime demand, at least according to this page for California.
Their daily use profile chart:
Since the contribution of Solar is miniscule (<1%), I don't think the lack of sunshine at night is going to affect anything anytime soon! Source ... extract "Today, solar energy provides two-tenths of 1 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States"
Their daily use profile chart:
Since the contribution of Solar is miniscule (<1%), I don't think the lack of sunshine at night is going to affect anything anytime soon! Source ... extract "Today, solar energy provides two-tenths of 1 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States"
Jan 23rd 2014, 7:39 pm
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Re: the Scottish independence issue
This new RPS preempts the California Air Resources Board's 33 percent Renewable Electricity Standard and applies to all electricity retailers in the state including publicly owned utilities, investor-owned utilities, electricity service providers, and community choice aggregators. All of these entities must adopt the new RPS goals of 20 percent of retails sales from renewables by the end of 2013, 25 percent by the end of 2016, and the 33 percent requirement being met by the end of 2020.
Jan 23rd 2014, 7:58 pm
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Jan 23rd 2014, 8:16 pm
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Re: the Scottish independence issue
Fair enough, but - daytime demand is double nighttime demand, at least according to this page for California.
Their daily use profile chart:
http://www.mpoweruk.com/images/elec_load_demand.gif
Since the contribution of Solar is miniscule (<1%), I don't think the lack of sunshine at night is going to affect anything anytime soon! Source ... extract "Today, solar energy provides two-tenths of 1 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States"
Their daily use profile chart:
http://www.mpoweruk.com/images/elec_load_demand.gif
Since the contribution of Solar is miniscule (<1%), I don't think the lack of sunshine at night is going to affect anything anytime soon! Source ... extract "Today, solar energy provides two-tenths of 1 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States"
