Comment on Solar modules now selling for less than €0.06/W in Europe

• RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What? Have you ever had a battery powered device for longer than 2 years?

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  • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    All of them, plus storage batteries are under much less abuse and are different chemistry that lasts a lot longer.

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    • RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      By a quick search I didn’t find any claim of storage battery lifetimes outside of 10-15 years, so there doesn’t seem to be a breakthrough in tech I wasn’t aware of. 15 years is hardly the lifetime of a house, so you certainly don’t “buy only once”.

      Solar panels also don’t work indefinitely but their efficiency degradation is more on par with the lifetime of major parts of the building, like the roof itself.

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      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The comparison commodity was Gas. Does something that can only be consumed once even have a lifetime?

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      • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sure, but the cost of batteries is at the point where even with replacements every 10-15 years you’ll spend less than you would buying power from the grid.

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