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Re:Germans turn to balcony solar panels to save money by Gasp0de on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @10:04AM (#42634968)
800w is the maximum being produced, and not all of it will be fed into the grid. And it is unlikely that millions of households have all installed powerplants which are all oriented in the same direction and not shaded.
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Re:Germans turn to balcony solar panels to save money by bluGill on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @01:14PM (#42636855)
Germany is 84 million people. If 1% have solar and they currently average to 400 watts (half capacity from their 800 watts because of positional and shading issues) that is 33 Gigawatts. That much power if not managed will cause problems for any grid.
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Re:Germans turn to balcony solar panels to save money by Gasp0de on Thursday January 09, 2025 @03:31AM (#42643109)
No, if 1% of them produce 400w that is actually only 320 Megawatts.
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