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Owners of home photovoltaic systems will soon be able to make their households even more sustainable, because PV power is also suitable for charging personal electronic vehicles. A home energy management system created by Fraunhofer researchers incorporates electric vehicles into the household energy network and creates charging itineraries.
The house of the future is environmentally friendly, energy efficient and smart. Its inhabitants can utilize rooftop-generated PV energy not only for household consumption but also to charge their personal electric vehicle. This scenario has already become reality for a collection of row houses built according to the "Passive House" standard in the German city of Fellbach in Baden-Württemberg. The group of new homes was upgraded as part of the "Fellbach ZeroPlus" project to include electromobility enhancements as well as a comprehensive energy management system. The initiative is sponsored by the German Federal Government's "Electric Mobility Showcase" program.
A couple Soylentils have done something like this, so perhaps this would be of interest to others who are considering doing likewise.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 04 2015, @12:19AM
It's really intriguing why usually on both the green and this site, any submission about solar energy gets chopped down in the comments. It's always but this, but that. Why is that?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 04 2015, @06:03AM
I don't think it's so much that the solar stuff is criticized as the extraordinary claims are criticized. Too many of these articles are promising solar as the be-all and end-all of energy problems when in reality, solar is only part of the solution. As well, while costs are justifiable under certain conditions, there are other circumstances where costs are not.
For example, if you are off-grid, residential solar PV is cost effective compared to paying a utility to run a line for miles to your residence. In the city, with power at the curb just waiting to be attached, it is not likely cost effective. OTOH, if the PV is used in a grid intertie, it can be effective since the utility can pay you for the power, offsetting the initial investment. So - does PV work for a house? - Maybe.
Can solar power a car? Maybe. But cars consume a _lot_ of power and therefore need a lot of PV to work.