Soldato
I think the point in "messing with it" is that for some reason your routine may change so you may need to override it to just charge now etc.
Eg say your leaving home at 3am to go on holiday, so you just force charge it from 9pm rather than using your normal schedule you store, eg have my car ready for 7am
I still think its inevitable its going to happen.
The simplest way to motivate people is through their pockets. It just happens this will also trigger behaviour that is highly beneficial when considering variability of renewables with their low cost but less certain generation.
The other thing you notice if you look at the grid semi regularly is that Sundays there is a notable drop in consumption, so there should be lower cost units then, and for all those who work 9-5 M-F it would seem the perfect time to do the washing etc
There is also the opportunity to take some energy off peak even for people with a lifestyle that leads them to on peak usage.
Eg UPS equivalent devices (ie small grid connected power stores) could power the TV, TV box, Xbox etc at peak, then be switched back to recharge when the peak rates fall off and cheaper units can be used to recharge them back up for the next peak.
Whether these would be cost effective of course depends on the price differential between peak and off peak unit costs.
Innovation will come if its enabled.
Eg say your leaving home at 3am to go on holiday, so you just force charge it from 9pm rather than using your normal schedule you store, eg have my car ready for 7am
I still think its inevitable its going to happen.
The simplest way to motivate people is through their pockets. It just happens this will also trigger behaviour that is highly beneficial when considering variability of renewables with their low cost but less certain generation.
The other thing you notice if you look at the grid semi regularly is that Sundays there is a notable drop in consumption, so there should be lower cost units then, and for all those who work 9-5 M-F it would seem the perfect time to do the washing etc
There is also the opportunity to take some energy off peak even for people with a lifestyle that leads them to on peak usage.
Eg UPS equivalent devices (ie small grid connected power stores) could power the TV, TV box, Xbox etc at peak, then be switched back to recharge when the peak rates fall off and cheaper units can be used to recharge them back up for the next peak.
Whether these would be cost effective of course depends on the price differential between peak and off peak unit costs.
Innovation will come if its enabled.