Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They're Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust
futurism.com
Solar energy will soon account for 10 percent of the world's energy generation, as nuclear power gets precipitously more expensive to build.
  • realitista@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    14 days ago

    I agree in general but as someone who lives in a place that’s grey much of the year and have evaluated solar for my location, the ROI is not amazing, and it’s pretty useless during winter. Even at current prices.

    • Balinares@pawb.socialEnglish
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      14 days ago

      Ha! I have done the same evaluation for my location (also grey much of the year) and came to the opposite conclusion. I do have reservations about winter, but they’re more about the duration of the day. Thankfully that’s also when we get a lot of wind.

            • Balinares@pawb.socialEnglish
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              14 days ago

              Yeah. Wind (plus batteries) will likely have to remain a grid thing for the days when the sun just won’t cut it. I’d like to get to full autonomy mostly for peace of mind reasons but I don’t see that happening, barring storage advances that would allow storing power across seasons.

              Still, mostly full solar with a wind-powered grid as backup would already be amazing, and it’s just plain fantastic that we’re making good progress in that direction.