Home office, schooling helped distributed PV address duck curve challenge during Covid-19 crisis

New research from the United Kingdom shows how during the Covid-19 crisis homeowners relying on PV and storage were able to considerably reduce grid electricity reliance, while increasing self-consumption rates. The analysis included 100 houses equipped with solar arrays ranging in output from 1. 71 kW to 4. 86 kW and batteries ranging from 2. 5 kW to 3. 3 kW. A team of researchers from Newcastle University and Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom has analyzed the effects of home office and homeschooling during Covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdowns on the electricity consumption of homeowners ...

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