Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades

Re:Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades by 300africans on Saturday April 03, 2021 @01:20PM (#26682811)

Here in Burkina faso, I use between 5 and 12kwh per day with air con some months taking it close to 15kwh. If the price keeps coming down and with some solar installation, one can leave the grid in a couple of years time

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Re:Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades by marcosdumay on Saturday April 03, 2021 @01:28PM (#26682880)

I imagine most of the aircon energy usage coincides with the times of peak photovoltaic generation. So if you calculate by total energy consumption, you'll overestimate things by a huge margin.

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Re:Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades by Armisael16 on Saturday April 03, 2021 @03:43PM (#26684087)

You can imagine that, but it isn’t true. AC usage is relatively low in the middle of the day because people let their houses warm up while their at work. It jumps at the end of the workday.

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Re:Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades by nicoburns on Saturday April 03, 2021 @04:17PM (#26684371)

> AC usage is relatively low in the middle of the day because people let their houses warm up while their at work

Presumably if electricity was free during th day and expensive at night, that habit would change rapdily.

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Re:Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades by _JamesA_ on Saturday April 03, 2021 @05:20PM (#26684850)

Is that still true in the work from home post covid era?

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Re:Lithium battery costs have fallen by 98% in three decades by baybal2 on Saturday April 03, 2021 @02:59PM (#26683709)

How is life in Burkina Faso?

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