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I could be self sufficient for 10 months a year as a house with solar and batteries for about 10% of the cost of the house, and obviously would be able to opt o
by iso1631 4y ago
I could be self sufficient for 10 months a year as a house with solar and batteries for about 10% of the cost of the house, and obviously would be able to opt out of consumption during high demand on the grid.
Yet we still allow new houses to be built without powerwalls or similar storage systems.
- mrguyorama 4y agoNumerous companies now offer all in one battery/inverter/management packs for something like $1 per Wh. Setting up a supplimentary system is several thousand dollars and could pay for itself in just a couple years. At this point, the hardest part of the process is finding a load you can power off your micro-solar-grid. Air conditioners work pretty well for that role. Solar is now stupidly, mind numbingly cheap for what it is, and yet there are still people who think it "doesn't work" as if literal gigawatthours aren't generated daily by millions of people and systems.
- pfdietz 4y ago> I could be self sufficient for 10 months a year If everyone does that, how much do you think the grid is going to cost you for those other two months?