New Book Predicts a Cloudy Future for Electric Vehicles
Retrieved on:
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
The overwhelming cost of adequate back-up power for the variable and intermittent sources—Wind and Solar—has not been appropriately considered by planners and estimators of a large-scale carbon-free Wind and Solar electric future.
Key Points:
- The overwhelming cost of adequate back-up power for the variable and intermittent sources—Wind and Solar—has not been appropriately considered by planners and estimators of a large-scale carbon-free Wind and Solar electric future.
- As we increase Wind and Solar penetration of each electric grid's supply, we will soon exceed the 13 to 24 percent reserve margin of each of our major electric grids.
- In the late-spring of 2018, a nine-day (216-hour) Wind interruption was experienced in Great Britain's widespread electric grid.
- How many people will want to drive electric vehicles at about $20 for 40 miles when gasoline car fuel will cost about $5 for the same distance?