I was thinking of a solar panel direct to heat pump arrangement. (via inverter) More sun, more power to cool. Yet, the big argument for batteries is that the p

I was thinking of a solar panel direct to heat pump arrangement. (via inverter) More sun, more power to cool. Yet, the big argument for batteries is that the peak load (so they say) is from 4 pm to 7 (or more) pm, when the sun is lower, and cosines do you in. Anyway, that's when variable rates go up.