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Effective Utilization of Solar Power in the electricity industry during summer.

Henry Obia

During summer where there is reasonable amount of sunlight considering the longer day phenomenon.

  • Can we say that electricity generation from solar PV systems is under-utilized?
  • What other possible ways or strategies other than battery storage could be most suitable in handling the excess electricity production from PV systems in the summer period?

In my thoughts, I believe there should be more capital investments in solar PV and mini grids system owing to the numerous merits which are not limited to; low maintenance and operating cost, carbon footprint reduction, job creation, enhanced energy independence and inexhaustible and renewable source of energy.

However, concerns still draws on its limitations such as; need for storage (battery), concerns regarding land use, seasonal variation, high initial capital cost, and its intermittency of output which is dependent on the season, weather and time factor especially during winter.

  • Is there anything else that could enhance or sustain solar power generation?
  • in reply to Simon Barker

    Hmm and we do love meetings and strategy documents, as a substitute for progress, and we even consider reports to be deliverables..

    I have been told a tale that  after one unusually indecisive  meeting in particular, that  a very exasperated senior military type commented that at least if we had to go to war tomorrow, we could throw plenty of filing cabinets full of weighty documents at the enemy but sadly really not much else.
    It was probably a bit of an exaggeration, but equally it is more or less correct to observe that we are the country that's been electrifying our railways for a little over 120 years, and now has about a third done, so in another quarter millennium it might be finished, though of course the initial frenetic pace might have to slow down.
    In terms of batteries and so on, we will buy the near completed articles in, much as we do with nuts and bolts ,and then whinge about the price.

    Mike.

  • The relatively low cost, zero or near zero capex solution to support better utilisation of solar, wind and low carbon generation is demand-side response, so getting consumers, business and industry to use any flexibility they have on timing certain activities so as to shift their consumption to times when there's more low carbon / renewables available.

    Typically this is done in the form of 'implicit' demand-side response, where the electricity tariff provides people with price signals, in the form of different tariff rates (2 or 3 rate tariffs), or variable tariff rates to incentivise consumers to use electricity at times of day when it is cheaper / more low cost supply is available. 

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