With Hybrid technology growing, the concept is being explored to
make a hybrid home. Essentially, you charge your battery in your basement
and then use it to power all your electrical needs throughout the day.
Here is how this interesting concept works.
How it works: Basically, a large battery is stored in
your basement. It however charges itself at night when prices for
electricity are at their lowest. Then in the morning, the house consumes
power from the battery rather than the electrical grid throughout the day.
The idea is in part to save money for consumers of electricity, but at
the same time store up enough electrical energy that there is less need for the
home to consume any amount of electrical energy from the grid at all.
This lessens the stress on the electrical grid, and thus makes it less
likely for a black out to occur. It also has the potential to reduce the
need for the electrical grid to produce power at facilities that burn fossil
fuels which in turn puts less greenhouse gases and more importantly less toxins
into the air. Thus, the consumer not only saves money, but the
environment gets cleaner too. The battery can be augmented with solar
panels and small wind turbines which again reduce the need to rely on the
electrical grid, which thus saves even more money for the consumers and
protects the environment further. Overall something to look forward to as
we can have the battery power our electric water heaters, and heating systems
as well.
Conclusion: The only issue is the battery
itself. They are expensive to make and thus expensive to buy and that is
not including the issues with electrical storage capacity and space in the home
for such big equipment. In addition, they are made using toxins as well
that also pollute our environment. However this is all being worked on
for the obvious goal of making it all consumer friendly. It is my guess
that the goal of this technology is to make it so that power generation plants
can be reduced, or shut down for extended periods throughout the day while
establishing a foundation for homes to produce all their own electrical needs
on their own without the need for a power plant in the first place. Very cool
indeed.
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