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Solar City also can't generate energy at night. Which means to sell energy at night they'd have to stop selling it during the day. Also energy has a lower pric
by Avshalom 10y ago
Solar City also can't generate energy at night. Which means to sell energy at night they'd have to stop selling it during the day.
Also energy has a lower price at night. Which means they'd make less money if they stored it during the day and sold it at night.
- nol13 10y agoBut they're currently running up against power companies that are trying to not let them sell energy during the day either. If they can store it (cheaply enough) then their product becomes viable again.
- Avshalom 10y agoAnd hope those same power companies don't notice them trying to sell it at night?
- TaylorAlexander 10y ago> ...to sell energy at night they'd have to stop selling it during the day. Certainly that would be true if there was a finite amount of energy available and their customers purchased all of it. But they can install as much capacity as they need - there is more solar energy available to collect than humans can currently imagine requiring. If it is worth it to them, there is nothing preventing them from installing sufficient capacity to meet their customer's needs 24 hours a day.
- Avshalom 10y agoYes well when they have installed enough solar panels to exceed the day time demands of the entire country (which is what selling to the grid means) THEN they can start worrying about storing excess capacity. N.B. distributed solar currently accounts for ~.25% of electrical generation, Solar City accounting for some fraction of that fraction of a percent.