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You're sidestepping a lot of infrastructure difficulties by putting it at the household level. Your giant battery has to be put somewhere! This is why I'm also
by rtpg 4y ago
You're sidestepping a lot of infrastructure difficulties by putting it at the household level. Your giant battery has to be put somewhere!
This is why I'm also pretty happy about solar, because you sidestep a lot of the NIMBY stuff that comes with building huge solar farms.
It's not at all ideal, though I don't know how inefficient it is (this model means that upgrades can happen gradually as well, instead of being multi-decade projects). But hey, you try building anything in most modern city bureaucracies filled with people who care about their real estate values.
- fomine3 4y agoHome roof is a great place to put solar panels because it's virtually free space. Battery is different story.
- rtpg 4y agoI mean the pics of this make batteries look pretty small. Like smaller than a storage shed. Sure it's only storing 8 hours, but the use cases described here are not bad. Imagine if we had 8 hours of battery storage across the world per household!
- fomine3 4y agoStill it takes a bit space for non-rural Japanese houses. I agree it's good to have it for backup if free space is available.