Oh FFS. This is actually I think what the government HOPED would happen: rapid uptake of individuals investing MASSIVELY to shift demand. Those massive batteries are not going to sit empty, and the concerns of parts not rated for high speed charging and discharging, ummm… EVs have been doing this for ages… high speed DC charging is over 100 years old - early EV DC charging existed before AC won (and will eventually lose again, amusingly enough).
The more resilient the power networks, the better for everyone, and the faster many distributed batteries are deployed, the better. Though I think the future of power grid is ultimately doomed, this buys us some time.
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 week ago
what are they talking about…
the average solar system is now 10kw’s, I have 6.6kw and can do 35kw in a day, on top of that what happens if you have multiple days of low sunlight? or in winter when you want the sun that does come through to last as long as possible
you want oversized batteries, they last longer as there’s less wear on them and the utility they offer (self-consumption) is increased
Why does the ABC not take 5 seconds to literally ask anyone with a bigger battery what their usage is like?
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The misinformation is being spread on purpose. The more people adopt solar and their own batteries the less they rely on the power companies and the less money the power companies can make
MalReynolds@piefed.social 1 week ago
The power companies primarily provide a grid, high availability and secondarily charge for power (which should be rapidly headed towards zero given renewable uptake). FWIW, I think the grid is a natural monopoly and should never have been privatized, and certainly the power companies are doing the the bare minimum of maintenance and bugger all expansion to cope with solar input and EV output. If they leave it get bad enough the Government will have to step in and do it for them, pure profit.
The real threat to power companies is people with a big battery have the option to go fuck it, I’m getting a genset and some diesel and disconnecting, which means they no longer have the entire population over a barrel and might have to provide some value. The real solution is to cut the Gordian knot and re-nationailze the whole grid (instead of statewide as it was), which will also be easier with the weaker bargaining position they have with a large battery population.
vividspecter@aussie.zone 6 days ago
You can also just discharge the battery to the grid if you have excess (or soak up more from the cheap middle of the day grid power, although presumably there are charge rate limitations).