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Usually the proposal is massive solar arrays, and maybe only producing during daylight hours to avoid battery costs, and spreading the upfront build cost over t
by stubish 3y ago
Usually the proposal is massive solar arrays, and maybe only producing during daylight hours to avoid battery costs, and spreading the upfront build cost over the solar array's lifespan. I think a lot of this falls down though when doing the finance, as people realize they can make more money selling the electricity to the grid rather than using it for their energy intensive project.
- fragmede 3y agodepends on where you are. California reduced the incentives for home solar to the point where it's more lucrative to mine Bitcoin with excess solar energy rather than sell it back to the grid.
- kolinko 3y agoAbove certain threshold of solar in the grid it’s not necessarily so. Also there are locations that are good for solar and available but have terrible grid connecting capabilities.
- rcxdude 3y agoA project like this is going to rely on using energy when it's so over-supplied to the grid that prices drop to near zero. Which does cause some financial challenges, as your expensive machinery isn't running all the time, but it's different to just the energy being worth something.
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