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…may cause its circuit breaker to trip. Hence some homes may need upgraded grid connections to add electric vehicle chargers or heat pumps. Office buildings that have crossed our screens…
…of new energies are non-linear, injecting distortion to power grids. Harmonic distortion caused by DC devices are discussed on pages 7-8, including the signatures of electric vehicle chargers, grid-scale batteries,…
…quality is increasingly important, as electricity demand grows, placing greater reliance on the power grids, which also increasingly feature non-linear loads such as variable frequeny drives, LEDs, EV chargers, data-centers,…
…might involve turning an electrical load down when renewables are not generating, and turning it back up when renewables are generating. Electric vehicle chargers can slow their current flow minute-by-minute,…
…and more metals-intensive electricity use, especially for electric vehicle chargers (page 7). There is upside for metals in energy transition power grids, but we think that the growth in power…
…The number of industries that can demand shift is much larger than one might expect at first glance. They include electric arc furnaces, industrial gases, internet companies, EV chargers, greenhouse…
…compares the economics of EV charging stations with conventional fuel retail stations. They are fundamentally different. Our main question is whether EV chargers will ultimately get over-built, as retailers look…
…the building blocks for solar inverters, wind converters, battery chargers and EV drive trains. We argue that their crucial role in new energies is analogous to the $100bn pa valve…
…EVs will have increasing total refrigerant demand, as there are in-built cooling systems for many fast-chargers. Using CO2 as a refrigerant could also be an interesting niche. It is clearly…
…source’ for the EV. https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/co2-emissions-from-batteries-when-do-evs-break-even/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/vehicle-efficiency-electrifying/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2022/02/03/electric-vehicles-chargers-of-the-light-brigade/ When we interrogate our models, the single best use we can find for a 65kWh lithium ion battery is to electrify a taxi…