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In Australia, I'm very optimistic about Suncable[1], I just wish they were able to move faster (I do get that national coordination is slow, and that it's an en
by DavidPiper 2y ago
In Australia, I'm very optimistic about Suncable[1], I just wish they were able to move faster (I do get that national coordination is slow, and that it's an enormous project).
Also did a back-of-the-envelope calculation the other day. It would cost roughly $175 billion to add solar panels and a battery to every residential dwelling in Australia (commercially priced and assuming available supply). That's a ton of money, but there are also individual people in the world that could afford that bill and change Australia, and the global power network, forever.
[1] https://www.suncable.energy/ https://www.suncable.energy/
- jgord 2y agoWould it not be more efficient to put solar on every bunnings/warehouse/mall rooftop and over parking lots .. rather than on home rooftops ?
- DavidPiper 2y agoQuite probably, but I only thought to look up the stats for residential dwellings, and price data was easily available. (I love solar parking lots in particular because it makes double use of the space with zero downside, plus I no longer burn my hands on the steering wheel after going shopping on a 44℃ day.)