Re:Everything I believed about nuclear waste was wrong
by tonyarkles on Saturday February 11, 2023 @10:29AM
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Yeah, like, the nice thing about those numbers is that it does work out that solar can very clearly be an effective part of the mix. Out at our family’s farm, there’s a pretty much perfect spot for a long line of solar panels at the south end of the yard that would have no problem zeroing out the electrical bill (is SaskPower still doing net metering? I don’t even know) and probably reducing some of the gas bill as well.
As far as the urban spots go, my electricity+gas numbers there approximately match the size of the entire lot. Extrapolating a bit and assuming that my house is “average”, that works out to needing a solar farm about the size of Regina to power the city in the winter. Maybe half the size when considering all of the street area.
Re:Everything I believed about nuclear waste was wrong
by bryanlarsen on Saturday February 11, 2023 @06:35PM
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>is SaskPower still doing net metering?
As of last year they just give a 25% credit.
I've got one family member in Saskatchewan with rooftop solar looking at numbers similar to you. Another has 40 acres and a honey operation so just has ground mounted solar and often zeroes his electricity bill even during winter months, although he's still using gas for heating. Just got a heat pump water heater, so he's heading in that direction.
Saskatchewan has lots of land, so we we can do it collectively even if we can't do it ourselves just with roof tops.