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Article #6185Re: Windmill farm in Palm Springs
From: Will Stewart
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 00:00
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In <4csk7f$fp9@spectator.cris.com> grep@cris.com (George B) writes: > >jmc@Steam.stanford.edu (John McCarthy) wrote: > >>I think Tom Gray has confirmed my point. The storage capacity of >>electric cars will not add flexibility to the system, because the cars >>must almost always be recharged at their convenience rather than at >>the convenience of the grid operator. >Exactly! And the point being raised in other hreads about daytime >recharging at the workplace destroys the load equalization arguments >that the very same folks were making last week. Of course, only those charging at work would be those whose commutes were greater than the total commute round trip. If you use PVs to supplement, then they will provide peak power during the middle of the day. Cheers, Will Stewart
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107e5d,3fcd89873520c250 X-Google-Attributes: gid107e5d,public X-Google-Thread: 10e415,3fcd89873520c250 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e415,public X-Google-Thread: 10607c,3fcd89873520c250 X-Google-Attributes: gid10607c,public X-Google-Thread: 10df74,3fcd89873520c250 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public From: will1000@ix.netcom.com (Will Stewart ) Subject: Re: Windmill farm in Palm Springs Date: 1996/01/09 Message-ID: <4csshm$rum@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 134544811 references: <4bf68t$pil@shellx.best.com> <4bfs4v$i30@crl5.crl.com> <4bgdqq$ses@igc.apc.org> <JMC.96Jan5091116@Steam.stanford.edu> <4cra6k$lva@igc.apc.org> <JMC.96Jan8151038@Steam.stanford.edu> <4csk7f$fp9@spectator.cris.com> organization: Netcom x-netcom-date: Mon Jan 08 8:56:22 PM PST 1996 newsgroups: ca.environment,sci.energy,sci.environment,alt.energy.renewable