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64 | Ramez Naam on Renewable Energy and an Optimistic Future
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
The Future of Electric Cars
Right now in the US, the battery segment that's growing the most rapidly is behind the meter but in commercial buildings. People have maybe half and half of a lot of batteries at the solar plant, at the wind farm, in a centralized location for the grid. We also have a lot at the edge. And those benefits are things like if there's a power outage, it keeps the power up and maybe it does for the neighborhood. It has other benefits like the electricity lines that run to your home and your neighborhood. They're probably pretty close to full at 4pm to 8pm, but they're empty at midnight. So we can fill up the battery in your region at midnight with
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