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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by hokkos on Saturday July 13, 2019 @03:01AM (#20426898)
Almost nobody does that, because solar + batteries would need so much batteries for winter that it is completely unpratical. The only people that I know doing that are extreme ecologist in remote places. And grid access is so cheap like 10€/month.
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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by sgerenser on Saturday July 13, 2019 @08:57AM (#20427822)
If the grid connection fee is only €10/mo, then that doesn’t sound like it is really covering the full cost. Most US utilities have a monthly fixed fee around that amount. Just checked and mine is $15.05/mo. That fee is basically arbitrary and if everyone went solar and was only buying a nominal amount of energy from the grid there’s no way a few bucks a month from each customer would support the whole thing.
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