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In most (all?) of Europe, solar and wind not installed because they are green, but because they are the cheapest. One would think they are not any more expensiv
by brnt 4y ago
In most (all?) of Europe, solar and wind not installed because they are green, but because they are the cheapest. One would think they are not any more expensive in Greece, in fact, solar yields should be a good deal better than in places like Germany. Not to mention cheaper than diesel. How come this is apparently not so?
- YeGoblynQueenne 4y agoThere was an effort made a while ago to subsidise the installation of solar panels on peoples' land. This was a few years ago and I was abroad working, so I don't know the details. Because this is Greece where nothing ever works right, the plan failed (though I don't know the particulars) and so you can still, today, see plots of land that would normally be planted with vegetables or cereals etc, instead covered in solar panels. My understanding is that those are not connected to the grid, their owners can't sell the power they generate and they don't even have the funds to tear them down, so they're just left there to disintegrate slowly, while the entire plan is canned due to incompetence and shoddy planning. Like everything else in Greece, and like this new plan will inevitably end up.