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If I was planning national energy infrastructure, I wouldn't plan on dividing the equipment into a million tiny pieces and installing it on roofs, of all places
by HPsquared 4y ago
If I was planning national energy infrastructure, I wouldn't plan on dividing the equipment into a million tiny pieces and installing it on roofs, of all places. It seems much simpler to manage a solar farm than 10,000 roofs.
- yrgulation 4y agoWhy not both tho? Energy issues arent limited to capture and storage, it involves distribution as well. Plus you want energy to be dirt cheap and accessible. So the more the better.
- est31 4y agoSolar farms are more economic to build than rooftop solar: https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2021/documenting-a-decade-of-cost-declines-for-pv-systems.html https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2021/documenting-a-decade-... For individuals the calculation might be different as rooftop solar makes you less dependent on price trends you have no influence over, but as a society, utility solar is less expensive.
- blitzar 4y ago> Solar farms are more economic to build than rooftop solar For utility / central planners the cost of rooftop solar is ZERO. The owner of the roof pays it. Even better they get to buy the excess for 5p and sell it on at 35p. So they make money on every panel installed. The utility pays for the solar farm and it costs $.
- diordiderot 4y agoRooftop solar adds 'antifragility'