Batteries are so cheap now, solar power doesn’t sleep

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• Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s true for me, 6.6kw solar system, 10kwh battery, I pretty much never run out of of power now, my grid usage is background noise

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  • Fjdybank@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Impressive. Can you share your setup costs and general location?

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    • Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Australia but it’s not really applicable to other places, we now have strong gov incentives to get solar (STC’s) and batterys (battery rebate):

      …com.au/home-batteries-and-rebates-what-you-need-…

      www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-07/…/105257914

      I also live here: www.qhatlas.com.au/…/Qld sunshine state.jpg

      So plenty of sun compared to countries way up north

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    • a4ng3l@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’d be curious as well. I’m looking at batteries but my consumption is 80% in winter when whatever the capacity I install I’ll end up using the network :-/

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• LordXDnl@literature.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I would say, of all the forms of power, solar comes the closest to actually sleeping

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• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Latitude and clouds really matter in these calculations. Further up north, the light gets weaker, so you’ll need to compensate with more panels. Also, the sunny hours fluctuate wildly between the short days in winter and short nights in summer.

  The closer to the equator you are, the more sense it makes to use solar power. In places like Germany, it’s already fine, in Greece it’s really good. Anywhere south of that, it’s clearly the best solution.

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