Comments on: Modelling grid effects of electric vehicle charging in the next decade

By: Steve Bush

Steve Bush — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:31:08 +0000

Good morning SEPAM
I think that model predicted that the grid would become solar-rich (if not solar-dominated) in the hours either side of noon, and that was when vehicle charging was proposed.
My guess (I did not study the report deeply) was that: when available solar power tops available storage capacity, prices will drop in the same way that they do in the wee hours with coal-dominated power generation.
I could be completely wrong – which is why no one has asked me to model the future, nor anything else….

By: SecretEuroPatentAgentMan

SecretEuroPatentAgentMan — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:20:23 +0000

If it is better to use power in the morning, yet prices are lower at night, basic financial theory suggests something is amiss. Could it be that the network cost do not align well with production cost?

By: Steve Bush

Steve Bush — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:25:01 +0000

In reply to Luke Hear.

Let alone enough to asses EV charging, I wonder how many UK politicians have got any technical acumen what ever, or statistical acumen, or scientific….
Afternoon Luke Hear 🙂
Financial incentives is supposed to be the answer – that normally works out well without any perverse incentives….

By: Luke Hear

Luke Hear — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:24:22 +0000

I wonder how many of our UK politicians will be reading this article? The charging issue does not look good; it will be a bit like the current majority with petrol-powered vehicles being told when and when we cannot go to the local filling station – similar to the days of fuel rationing a few decades ago. We might even be told when and when we cannot go to work (and therefore when we will be able to take ‘weekends’ and holidays) as the availability of at-work charging facilities becomes subject to a rota.