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I guess they need to buy some batteries …
by throwaway4good 2y ago
I guess they need to buy some batteries …
- KingOfCoders 2y agoMost people I know who have small solar panel installs plan to buy batteries this year. The offers for batteries dropped in price significantly.
- zeeed 2y agoIf only they hadn’t recently defunded battery tech research they could’ve developed it themselves
- KingOfCoders 2y agoA lot of storage capacity will come from recycled EV batteries, so this will take some time. The EU has battery tech research, also https://northvolt.com/career/locations/heide/ https://northvolt.com/career/locations/heide/
- throwaway4good 2y agoAt the moment heavy import duties on Chinese batteries are being considered in the EU - similarly to those just imposed by the US. So I guess we too will have to figure out whether we want to fight climate change or the Chinese.
- Koemul 2y agoGermans are already buying batteries: According to [1], the installed battery capacity in Germany went from 6.7GWh in 2022 to 12GWH in 2023. Given the growth and falling cost of battery storage, I expect that more and more solar will stored during the day and consumed in the evening, pushing out coal and gas. [1] https://www.ees-europe.com/trend-paper/storage-market-booming-in-germany https://www.ees-europe.com/trend-paper/storage-market-boomin...
- Gibbon1 2y agoThe cost and logistics of containerized batteries hit a tipping point in the last three years and there is no looking back. Because they pay for themselves inside of 24 months. The press and the agitprop industry goons hired by the fossil fuel companies can gloom and doom all they want but it's all over.
- squarefoot 2y agoThere are also alternative methods for storing electricity that don't require batteries. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/renewable-energy-storage-innovations-batteries/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/renewable-energy-stor...