{"id":46855,"date":"2026-08-11T01:31:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=46855"},"modified":"2026-08-11T01:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:41:36","slug":"they-get-free-electricity-to-run-ac-and-charge-evs-why-is-canada-missing-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=46855","title":{"rendered":"They get free electricity to run AC and charge EVs. Why is Canada missing out?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australia and the U.K. have more solar and wind power than their electrical systems know what to do with \u2014 so they\u2019re giving it away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: They get free electricity to run AC and charge EVs. Why is Canada missing out?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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notes i took while reasing this article, raw from the s.o.c.<\/a> for reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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tl;dr:<\/a> 41% of australian? homuseholds have solar panels due to heavy subsidies from govt; then recenetly ~500k have added battieris; open market for people to sell back to grid, result in not paying for electricty ~8hours a day (panels only) to all day (with batteiries). nowadays so much solar generated in midday that wholesale cost goes negative, so even non-solar panel owners benefit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

see also: The Electric Viking<\/a> 1<\/a><\/sup>Behold the power of the link, where I link to a ytuber that is very positive on EVs&… BUT not directly to his channel, instead, to my blog post entry about my favorite channels… which the reader will see, and maybe be interested in my yt fave AND THE OTHERS ON THE PAGE<\/span>\n\n\n\n

see also: Policy brief: Powering Canada Forward Fund<\/a> 2<\/a><\/sup>worth a read!!<\/span>\n