Comment on Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid.
Tobberone@lemm.ee 2 weeks agoI wish we could. That capacity is already booked. Our batteries needs to be used as local storage. And this is before the EU mandate on solarpanels on all roof tops has taken effect. The grid can’t expand at that rate, unfortunately.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What do you mean? Worst case put the batteries with the panel?
Tobberone@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
That’s what we are reduced to. That is what I mean. I also say that in the EU directive called EED, the union demands that, starting 2026, every public body needs to put PV-cells on the roofs of the buildings they use.
That will be noticeable.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And a good idea, right?
Tobberone@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
As long as we find a way to make use of the excess electricity produced, yes. Today we don’t have enough intermittent energy users. For storage, or otherwise.
There are initiatives calling for/demanding an expanded hydrogen infrastructure, for instance, so that could be one thing. I believe Germany is the leading country of such initiatives.