Summer / winter balancing of solar power - seasonal storage

Different approaches to summer/winter balancing compared. Seven different locations, from Oslo to Cairo, are examined for seasonal balancing.

Summer / winter balancing of solar power - seasonal storage Different approaches to summer/winter balancing compared. Seven different locations, from Oslo to Cairo, are examined for seasonal balancing.

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Using the example of a ClimateProtectionSuperiorityHouse “GEMIN next Generation” 66 m² living space, 30 kW photovoltaics (24 kW on the house, 6 kW on garage or carport), 70 kWh batteries and 1000 kWh low-temperature thermal storage, the demand for summer/winter balancing at 7 locations is investigated:

00:56 Oslo - 64 - 3976 kWh monthly yield
01:23 Berlin - 324 - 3924 kWh monthly yield
01:33 Vienna - 565 - 4243 kWh monthly yield
01:40 Rome - 1237 - 5333 kWh monthly yield
01:47 Athens - 1447 - 5741 kWh monthly yield
01:53 Tel Aviv - 2052 - 5483 kWh monthly yield
02:03 Cairo - 2556 - 5649 kWh monthly yield
02:10 Monthly Yield Table
02:17 In June Oslo:Cairo 1:1.4
02:28 In December Oslo:Cairo 1:40
02:40 Best:worst month 62:1 in Oslo, 2.2:1 in Cairo
03:10 Demand household, hot water, electric cars, space heating and space cooling
04:24 Distribution of world population by latitude
04:54 Proposal 1: double photovoltaics
05:40 Proposal 2: much more batteries
06:50 Proposal 3: hydrogen fuel cell
07:35 The difference between ideal gas and real hydrogen at high pressure
08:41 How much electricity can be stored in the 12 hydrogen cylinders?
11:01 Efficient battery vs cheap hydrogen
11:43 Proposal 4: external service provider
12:43 Bottle hydrogen vs underground gas storage
13:32 Fuel cell vs combined cycle power plant
14:16 Efficiency table in summer/winter balance
14:41 Possible techniques and their efficiency
15:41 Day/night balancing must come before, see Agora energy transition graphic
16:37 Seasonal balancing in Germany from 300 GW photovoltaic and 750 GWh batteries
17:29 End with Music

Music: Andy Mangele

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Prehistory of the GEMINI next Generation project
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Using existing land better and building where conventional houses cannot or are not allowed is an important objective of the GEMINI next Generation project.


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