• Wholesale power prices are increasingly turning negative at times of high solar output
  • Observers say rooftop solar is “cannibalising” electricity prices and hitting large-scale solar hard
  • There are calls for storage and greater daytime demand to help soak up solar production
  • contentedness
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    1 year ago

    From what I know the batteries you need to store your own electricity at home are crazy expensive

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      1 year ago

      Yes, but you don’t necessarily need batteries. If you just have a bit of solar, you’ll use up all the power it produces as it does that.

      • lolrightythen@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I’m sure this has been discussed, but storing your solar energy as potential energy could avoid paying connection fees. Pump some ground water into a raised tank - or hoist heavy objects (large logs)?

        Now that I type it out, it seems either dangerous or inefficient or not cost effective. Or all of the above.

        Fun to think about, though