So-called bidirectional charging makes it possible in the future to use thousands of car batteries as a buffer in a sustainable energy system, in which solar and wind energy are becoming increasingly important. There are already more than a thousand public charging stations in Utrecht that are suitable for this new charging. Even though people with a rented shared car do not directly benefit from such a negative electricity price, We Drive Solar can therefore keep the price as low as possible for the consumer.
“There will be seven or eight times more wind energy in the North Sea,” Berg expects. “That means that every time it blows there will be more wind energy than we can use. Now this still sounds like a funny thing, where we send the surplus of electricity to neighboring countries. But those neighboring countries are also working on this, and they throw the power will simply return soon, which is why storage is becoming increasingly important.”
He is right in that regard from energy expert Martien Visser. He also expects that more and more sustainable energy is generated than is necessary. “It is certainly not an incident. We are well on the way to making the electricity system more sustainable. This has now happened for the first time. But I’ll give you a note that it will happen more and more in the coming years. Certainly from 2025 onwards. it might be more news if it doesn’t happen.”
Earning a contest on power consumption
There are now very few people with a dynamic energy contract. But at Zonneplan, a solar panel and energy company in Zwolle, all employees have one. Owner Frank Breukelman organized a competition with colleagues ‘who-can-earn-the-most-from-the-negative-electricity-price?’.
The winner used 35 kilowatt hours of electricity in the few hours that electricity generated money. To do this, she plugged all her electrical appliances into the socket. It yielded about 6 euros, but also a broken main fuse.
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