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Re:Two-thirds of North America at risk of energy shortages d... by ThatPlayer on Sunday May 28, 2023 @08:36PM (#36109281)
Those are completely different topic than residential solar though. I don't disagree, we should be moving to renewables. But even in a community microgrid, is each person responsible for the solar panels on their own roof? Or does a community control manage it and can just intrude onto a homeowner's roof to fix the panels if something is broken. Or should the community build standalone solar power stations so there's no worry about a broken roof here and there, or trees or snow blocking the panels.

And there's still the issue of what do you when the sun is down and the duck curve hits? You wouldn't want a fossil fuel generator in your community microgrid. But batteries are still expensive, who in the community wants to pay for it? A grid is going to beat a microgrid in economy of scale.

Re:Two-thirds of North America at risk of energy shortages d... by dv_dt on Monday May 29, 2023 @03:42PM (#36117279)
It's not a completely different topic. If a microgrid interface is allowed, for example, then different community and investment models can be considered on a per microgrid basis. If only utility models exist, then most likely a much narrower set of models exist - and likely under serving many communities and groups in addition to higher pricing.