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That's only so if you don't take transmission losses into account. Somehow many people tend to forget that transmission isn't free or even cheap.
by lstodd 8y ago
That's only so if you don't take transmission losses into account. Somehow many people tend to forget that transmission isn't free or even cheap.
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- mmt 8y agoIndeed. Energy in chemical form is astonishingly cheap to transmit (and store), but, as electricity, it's completely different. The storage problem is part of the point of the article, of course. I always thought this was one of the advantages of rooftop solar, that it would reduce transmission costs by bringing generation closer to consumption, especially at peak, and not necessarily because of costs due to losses in the transmission lines, but costs due to maintaining the necessary capacity in those lines (a challenge for both the SFBA and NYC, IIUC).