Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S

Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S by volkl48 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @07:50PM (#17511159)

The main reason I would consider a battery is for disaster recovery purposes. Being from the suburban NYC metro area, we've had multiple, multi-week power outages in the past decade.

We have a moderate sized portable generator, but running off that for weeks becomes a very unpleasant experience. Certainly far better than not having power, but unpleasant.

Driving 2 hours away to the nearest place we knew had unlimited fuel, turning my car into a rolling bomb on the trip back with dozens of gallons of fuel in gas cans, etc. And the endless droning of the thing running.

If those sorts of disasters are not a major concern for you, I don't think a battery makes much sense.

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Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S by maxerickson on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @07:53PM (#17511176)

Do you have natural gas available?

You can also store quite a lot of propane in a small footprint without some of the issues that come with gas or diesel.

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Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S by Tepix on Thursday July 12, 2018 @03:33AM (#17512851)

> we've had multiple, multi-week power outages in the past decade

That's a crass state, what causes these outages? Is it a investment backlog of the power grid?

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Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S by zjaffee on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:51AM (#17515176)

Hurricanes and early in the year snow storms (trees fall down on power lines), cause these things to happen.

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Re:Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S by jpitz on Thursday July 12, 2018 @07:54AM (#17513660)

Might have something to do with being in a very dense area with some very old infrastructure.

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