Interesting points, thank you. But I don’t see this kind of thing being used as baseload supply. If a utility can’t manage having a million grid-tied inverters supply intermittent trickles, then that plan will be shut down quickly.
It seems like useful applications for distributed usage — most especially charging spare, removable electric car batteries which I think is what we’ll start seeing.
There’s an interesting recent story of a guy who just got 8-figure funding for a system of battery swap stations where people could swap out their car batteries like you’d swap a propane tank. Pull into it, the attendant takes 3 minutes to swap you out, and you’re good for another 150 miles or whatnot.
“There’s an interesting recent story of a guy who just got 8-figure funding for a system of battery swap stations where people could swap out their car batteries like you’d swap a propane tank. Pull into it, the attendant takes 3 minutes to swap you out, and you’re good for another 150 miles or whatnot.”
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Someone stole my idea. bummer.