[OpenTRV-interest] [OpenTRV-dev] Storage heating, dynamic demand, and OpenTRV

[John Stumbles]

On 08/09/14 13:35, Damon Hart-Davis wrote:

> I think that the devices we are discussing ignore that fact that a
> huge generation premium is being paid by taxpayers and operate as if
> that the ‘excess’ is an annoyance for the householder to dispose of
> at their whim, whereas I see the FiT and the generated electricity as
> a public good financed by public money.  The main counter to that is
> that getting storage right is such a pressing issue that almost
> anything in that area (actual storage, or deferring/shiting demand,
> storing as heat, etc) is worth considering to see if it works.

It would seem that in terms of Energy Return On Energy Invested solar PV 
at our latitudes is a non-starter, and that with the EROEI costs of 
storage factored in wind is too poor to run society too:

http://bravenewclimate.com/2014/08/22/catch-22-of-energy-storage/


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John Stumbles                                    http://stumbles.org.uk
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