Re:Why did renewables become so cheap so fast?
by hinkley on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:00AM
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> I hate the argument that we’re just waiting for batteries now.
Hopefully it’s not that simple. If the existing renewables output of an area is high, is it a good idea for me to build more capacity? I could just saturate the market and be stuck with low margins.
But if storage is coming, that could tilt the playing field a bit. I’d I do decide to gamble on it, now there’s even more reason to build storage, whether I build it or someone else does. In fact if I do both, I may be able to buy someone else’s surplus at a discount to resell and as a hedge against outages in my farm.
Hopefully it’s not that simple. If the existing renewables output of an area is high, is it a good idea for me to build more capacity? I could just saturate the market and be stuck with low margins.
But if storage is coming, that could tilt the playing field a bit. I’d I do decide to gamble on it, now there’s even more reason to build storage, whether I build it or someone else does. In fact if I do both, I may be able to buy someone else’s surplus at a discount to resell and as a hedge against outages in my farm.