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Re:Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time by marcosdumay on Thursday May 11, 2023 @11:39AM (#35903751)
> around $600K per MWh

So if enough solar gets built that the electricity price falls to near zero every day, batteries are now cheaper than natural gas?

That's a very impactful change that I honestly didn't see coming.

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Re:Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time by ta1243 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:08PM (#35905069)
Even at a domestic scale you can install solar and batteries for your household/heating/car usage -- assuming you have the roof space -- be self sufficent 10 months a year, and have a payack time of about 12 years last time I looked.

The other 2 months a year sure, you've got either grid power or an off grid oil/gas generator.

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