Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S
by rock_hard on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @03:07PM
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Without a buffer (like a battery) solar energy fluctuates highly because of clouds and other things that get in the way for split seconds during the day.
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Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S
by rtkwe on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @03:12PM
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That seems like a point where distributed rooftop solar has a pretty good edge over utility solar (ie huge fields of solar cells). Spread over a large enough area all those tiny peaks and fluctuations will even out largely.