Comment on Renewables supply 71% of Portugal’s electricity in 2024, led by solar

• poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I am talking about feed-in from home users, which would work largely without storage if it was allowed to feed the excess into the grid during the day (like it is posdible in most other EU countries).

  But due to bureocratic hurdles this is basically not allowed in Portugal and the thus required in-home batteries are largely unaffordable by the relatively low income households here.

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  • GuilhermePelayo@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I think that was the case before but changed last year. I know people who sell the excess during the day. Not sure if you are from Portugal but here is a link in Portuguese adene.pt/venda-do-excedente-no-autoconsumo-simpli…

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    • poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Thanks for the link. I’ll have a closer look at this.

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  • Mihies@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Where is even coming from when there is no sun?

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    • poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      No sun in Portugal? Maybe in rainy Porto.

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      • Mihies@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        There are those things called nights, clouds and shorter winter days 🤷‍♂️

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    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Portugal is so sunny that Lisbon is literally the city of Europe with the most hours of sunlight per year.

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