Residential power demands are highest in the morning and in the evening. That's when people shower, cook, and are generally around using power. Solar peaks at noon.
Maybe when battery prices come down even more. But the cost of grid-level storage are also falling, and wind pretty much only works at grid scale. Grids have to change but won't become obsolete anytime soon.
That usage pattern will be quite different in places with cold winters when most people there are using electric-powered heat pumps (which is "the plan").
Maybe when battery prices come down even more. But the cost of grid-level storage are also falling, and wind pretty much only works at grid scale. Grids have to change but won't become obsolete anytime soon.