Posted: Aug 01, 2017 10:46 am
I think eventually all power generation and consumption will be on a smart system, where the homeowner docks his car into the home supply, and everything is managed. Any solar/wind/battery/grid energy available will be distributed to and from the grid in order to minimise expensive peaks and provide power to the owner from surplus online generation, according to his needs. The owner would be able to program priorities into the system on a sliding scale, from a premium price to keep his storage topped up at all times, to a heavily discounted price if he makes a large percentage of his capacity available 24/7.
I think the typical homeowner's choice might be something like home storage for 3 days needs, vehicle capacity to be sustained at 50% and topped up beyond that only when cheap surplus available, 80% of combined capacity to be made available for emergency grid peaks, 60% available for supply shortages, override function available to stop any use by the grid, with a cost penalty if used.
I think the typical homeowner's choice might be something like home storage for 3 days needs, vehicle capacity to be sustained at 50% and topped up beyond that only when cheap surplus available, 80% of combined capacity to be made available for emergency grid peaks, 60% available for supply shortages, override function available to stop any use by the grid, with a cost penalty if used.