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OT: Moorabal/Lal Lal wind farm 25-May-2009 At 11:26:54 AM Organ Pipe

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I havn't read this whole thread - rather skimmed the odd post now and then - so apologies if the following has already been discussed:

On storeage - that is the ability to ensure that renewables can cope with the rise and fall in load across peak and non peak times etc - my father in law who works for a metering company, formally managing an energy retailer, mentioned the other night that the metering fraternaty are expecting (and therefore planning towards) a future state where all our electric cars act as the national storage sync.

The idea is that apart from peak hour each day, most cars will be either plugged in at home, or plugged in at work. Overnight they charge - buying off peak power at off peak rate, then selling power back into the grid while at work.

I know that's a overly simplistic way of detaling what is an extremely complex peak and trough demand model, but you get the general idea.

The common man can buy at overnight price, and sell at peak price. The metering guys are working on the early framework for legislation, governance, and grid models to support the principal. Even the not particularly green guys in the biz see this as inevitable apparently.

Interesting stuff I reccon.