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Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They’re Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust: "Solar is now the engine of the power transition." (futurism.com)
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[–] realitista@lemmus.org 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I agree in general but as someone who lives in a place that's grey much of the year and have evaluated solar for my location, the ROI is not amazing, and it's pretty useless during winter. Even at current prices.

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ha! I have done the same evaluation for my location (also grey much of the year) and came to the opposite conclusion. I do have reservations about winter, but they're more about the duration of the day. Thankfully that's also when we get a lot of wind.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You gonna do home wind turbines?

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, you gonna do home nuclear?

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They do have home wind turbines but they don't look that practical.

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 1 points 19 hours ago

Yeah. Wind (plus batteries) will likely have to remain a grid thing for the days when the sun just won't cut it. I'd like to get to full autonomy mostly for peace of mind reasons but I don't see that happening, barring storage advances that would allow storing power across seasons.

Still, mostly full solar with a wind-powered grid as backup would already be amazing, and it's just plain fantastic that we're making good progress in that direction.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Your place is not the world. In general PV is working fine.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 1 points 1 day ago

Depends on geography but yes it works fine in many places.