LiFePo4 are now about 50$/kwh, still going down. Plenty of sun in the winter too, just needs to install a little more pv. In fact the worst heat wave is not ideal for photovoltaics, they work better / are more efficient when they are aren’t scorching hot (e.g. often in the summer mornings they produce more than at midday)
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Szewek@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Ain’t solar (compared to wind) so-and-so idea in most of the EU? I mean, unless you are in southern Italy, southern Spain, or Greece, you you’ll need that gas to survive the winter.
pipes@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Szewek@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Though the graph they show is more promising, with wind having a complementary pattern to solar. If reliable, it would be great.
You can still see a spike in gas around Feb 2025, when wind was weaker and there was still little irradiation.
MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
In the EU wind is stronger in winter. So you really want both.