Strain on our electricity grids means Texas blackouts can happen in Canada as well
Rupp Carriveau is director of the University of Windsor’s Environmental Energy Institute.
This is to say nothing of the larger electrification movement in all modes of transport and many forms of residential, commercial and industrial heating applications. This rush to energy cleantech is driven by aMeanwhile, the first generation of utility-scale wind and solar renewables is reaching service life limits – in some cases much earlier than expected. As we try to maintain, replace and expand clean energy generation, inflation has added significantly to development price tags.
Consumers are already helping the grid on their own. EVs plugged in at home can provide backup power to the house, and can also be a storage asset in a neighbourhood microgrid that may also include rooftop solar panels across the street and the local high school’s solar carports.
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