But I don’t know that you’d get much money back from that. Maybe $1 at most. Especially with how stingy private power companies are about compensating power generation like rooftop solar.
That’s the main problem with the concept, that the incentives and infrastructure isn’t available. I doubt many people would have a problem with minor battery degradation if it had provided them an income stream for 5-10 years. Heck, you could replace the battery and leave the old one to continue feeding the grid.
Actually old electric car batteries are being reused for this purpose already. It’s a major reason why we don’t see more electric vehicle battery recycling, it’s because the majority of them haven’t gotten to the Recycled part of the reduce reuse recycle
That’s the main problem with the concept, that the incentives and infrastructure isn’t available. I doubt many people would have a problem with minor battery degradation if it had provided them an income stream for 5-10 years. Heck, you could replace the battery and leave the old one to continue feeding the grid.
Actually old electric car batteries are being reused for this purpose already. It’s a major reason why we don’t see more electric vehicle battery recycling, it’s because the majority of them haven’t gotten to the Recycled part of the reduce reuse recycle
You need a lot more than just the battery pack to charge/discharge the battery.
Yes… You’re covering points that have already been covered in the article. In fact, that’s what the entire article is about…