Hi Cindy, we too have a little camper with a solar panel on the roof. It is great being able to get by without relying on a mains connection. Bring on summer :-) As you allude to, you also get a bit more in tune with matching your supply and demand. Something most of us have little incentive to do at home (aside from the hour of power an…
Hi Cindy, we too have a little camper with a solar panel on the roof. It is great being able to get by without relying on a mains connection. Bring on summer :-) As you allude to, you also get a bit more in tune with matching your supply and demand. Something most of us have little incentive to do at home (aside from the hour of power and similar plans). Somewhere, not that long ago, someone did a study on how much (actual) battery storage would be required to match an Onslow scheme. Assuming current battery technologies, the cost was truly astronomical (and the resource extraction to go along with it). I am by no means an expert on the intermittency problem though, and you have prompted me to do further reading to find out what is happening at the bleeding-edge (when I get the chance!) Thanks.
Hi Cindy, we too have a little camper with a solar panel on the roof. It is great being able to get by without relying on a mains connection. Bring on summer :-) As you allude to, you also get a bit more in tune with matching your supply and demand. Something most of us have little incentive to do at home (aside from the hour of power and similar plans). Somewhere, not that long ago, someone did a study on how much (actual) battery storage would be required to match an Onslow scheme. Assuming current battery technologies, the cost was truly astronomical (and the resource extraction to go along with it). I am by no means an expert on the intermittency problem though, and you have prompted me to do further reading to find out what is happening at the bleeding-edge (when I get the chance!) Thanks.