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It's not wasted energy. The country (perhaps even the continent) still benefits from it by having to burn less gas and coal

• _heimdall 4y ago
  With regards to the wasted energy that is potentially made by the panel but unused, that doesn't offset any other power production since the power wasn't going to be used anyway
  • tcfhgj 4y ago
    Of course the power is used. It's in the grid, and every power source has to be compensated by a power sink, otherwise you have instable grid = blackout if the deviation is too big
    • _heimdall 4y ago
      Are you assuming the panels are grid-tied? I may have missed that in the article, the setup sounded very off-grid to me at which point the power potential is lost if not used immediately.
      • tcfhgj 4y ago
        Balcony powerplants (see comment I responded to) are connected to the grid and offset self consumption by their production