A lot of spare capacity: Why we don’t need to supersize the grid to power an electric future - One Step Off The Grid

A lot of spare capacity: Why we don’t need to supersize the grid to power an electric future - One Step Off The Grid

As Australia heads toward an all-electric future, there’s growing concern about whether our electricity grid can handle the surge in demand from the widespread uptake of electric vehicles, reverse-cycle heating and cooling, electric stoves and hot water heat pumps. But new modelling by researchers at the Australian National University suggests the key challenge is not the total amount of energy we’ll use, but when we use it. The study, led by Dr…