Half Time Pies
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yep, i was discarding the goldilocks scenario, because power systems should consider peak load so that lights dont go out. the article is saying, if we assume only a quater of cars go electric, and people follow our best case for use of smart charging, then we can cope easily. do you not see how they may be understating the issue? it needs 10 Rampion sized wind farms, or another Hinkley nuke plant to cover the 4GW, if they are in the pipeline (in addition to projects replacing end of life power stations), it'll be fine.
I really don't see what National Grid has to gain from understating the issue.
I don't think anyone is saying that it is going to be easy but with the right investment, incentives and collaboration its achievable. In fact I would argue we are reaching a point of momentum in investment by the energy companies and car manufacturers which coupled with government support will make mass electric vehicle uptake in the UK inevitable.