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No, they're not going to "take away", but they will prevent you from purchasing. There are arguably practical alternatives for leaf blowers and some uses of sm
by bagels 5y ago
No, they're not going to "take away", but they will prevent you from purchasing.
There are arguably practical alternatives for leaf blowers and some uses of small gasoline motors, but replacing generators seems much more expensive (solar + batteries), impractical (solar won't help you when it's dark for long periods of time), or impossible (in the case of portable generators).
- toomuchtodo 5y agoDepends on expected annual run time. Batteries paired with your solar receive a 26% federal tax credit (if primarily charged from rooftop solar [1]), and any state and utility incentives [2]. They can charge from the grid if not full before a volatility event is expected to occur (Tesla's term for this is "storm watch mode" for Powerwalls [3]), and if you have solar, they’ll replenish each day (is it dark for long periods in California?) depending on rooftop system size. It's very much not a silver bullet, but if you've already installed solar, or plan to install solar, the battery is a natural fit in California considering time of use metering, upcoming net metering changes, power grid quality, lack of fuel costs, and it can be financed as part of the solar or your mortgage. [1] https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-wd/201809003.pdf https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-wd/201809003.pdf [2] https://www.energysage.com/local-data/storage-rebates-incentives/ca/ https://www.energysage.com/local-data/storage-rebates-incent... (not comprehensive) [3] https://www.tesla.com/support/energy/powerwall/mobile-app/storm-watch https://www.tesla.com/support/energy/powerwall/mobile-app/st...
- bagels 5y agoI've priced them all out. It's orders of magnitude difference in cost. 12kw gasoline generator: $5k 12kw solar: $25k + $20k in batteries