I have heard about floating solar being added in India. There it was being used to cover irrigation canals. The big plus is that helps cut evaporation. But, you still […]
Category: Electric Grid
HVDC Interconnects
As use of solar and wind to supply electric grid demands grows the intermittent nature of these energy sources becomes more and more significant. To offer the obvious case, solar […]
Rust Battery for the Grid
In other articles we have talked about how adding battery storage to the grid decreases the need for expensive to run peaker plants. Most of these batteries have been Lithium […]
Why Add Batteries to the Grid?
This article will help you understand why batteries are being added to the electric grid and why this wasn’t done before.
Understanding the Electric Grid
In order to have an informed opinion on the practicality of electric vehicles you should understand how the electric grid actually works. This is going to be far from a […]
Streetlights
Why is electric consumption continuing to go up? Sure, more people are getting access to electricity (there is still over one billion people that don’t have it) but there is […]
Can the electric grid handle EVs?
This is a lot more than a simple yes/no question. Managing the electric grid is complicated by the fact that the total load varies quite a bit at different times […]