It seems solar and batteries are much better ideas at grid level.
Seems like the government has 0 interest in building out the grid to accommodate it.
Chart: More and more rooftop solar buyers are adding home batteries
Submitted 5 weeks ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to energy@slrpnk.net
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Wanderer@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I’d love to but a) I’m not super excited about a big pile of lithium ion batteries in my house, can I get something else? b) EXPENSIVE - I’ve seen quotes for like $1000/kWh and you have to buy in like 7 or 12 kWh at a time. This was a couple years ago, I don’t know that much has changed.
Squibbles@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
the newer chemistries like lithium iron phosphate are much more stable and not prone to thermal runway apparently. They are not as energy dense as lithium ion but that doesn’t matter so much for a non-mobile application.
jlow@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
I hope they take precautions against them exploding because I’ve heard that is not fun when it happens.