ItsNotAboutTheMoney
Well-Known Member
It's not a contradiction... it's about the grid becoming smarter and more dynamic. Instead of blindly matching supply with demand as we've done since the first light bulb technology is making it possible to increasingly match demand with supply. If you can reduce the charge rate of an EV when air conditioning ramps up you can cope with a less stable grid. Instead of increasing supply to match a 3kW increase in demand you can simply reduce flexible loads like EV charging by 3kW.
6.6kW/light vehicle x 253M light vehicles = 1,669.8 TW.
Peak US electricity demand peak of 2017 was 718GW.
Smart charging has enormous potential.