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At peak hours (as in peak wind) energy cost is regularly negative. Looking at it this way will kill any energy business case.

• rickydroll 2y ago
  If your wind/solar energy pricing goes negative, you're not using enough storage. Build more batteries, suck up that excess energy, and maximize feeding back to the grid when on-demand prices are high.
  • j-a-a-p 2y ago
    Is already happening for over a year. PV sales is down by 90%, last year there was a sellout of PV companies on brookz.nl and this year they are going mostly bankrupt. Consumers are now having a PV problem because they have to pay for their panels (I was asked to pay 800 euro per year). So, there is the incentive for many consumers willing to purchase a battery. An alternative solution is the position of the panels. It is useless to have panels facing south, and don't use the roof, use the facade to improve the off season performance.
    • edmundsauto 2y ago
      Are consumers being asked to pay for their panels, or for their connection to the grid? Either way you have to buy the panels. What am I missing here?
      • j-a-a-p 2y ago
        The situation is you will need to pay a premium to the utility company once you are feeding electricity into the grid. The mandatory digital meter will register both usage and production flow separately.