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Germany also was the biggest country for solar energy, what it's essentially making a huge chunk of the energy production in summer in Europe, what started the
by GaggiX 1y ago
Germany also was the biggest country for solar energy, what it's essentially making a huge chunk of the energy production in summer in Europe, what started the industrialization of solar panels, making them dirt cheap. (Also Europe is not just Germany making a dumb decision before)
- lupusreal 1y agoSolar has obvious downsides, but it happens to be essentially the perfect source of power for running AC. Hot weather has a very strong correlation with sunny weather! So blaming overly enthusiastic solar adoption for reticence to use AC doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
- f1shy 1y agoThe dynamic energy price in Germany in sunny days even goes to negative: they pay you for using energy! Crazy. But there is lots and lots of solar systems. I know relatively many people installing 2 way heat pumps, so it may be changing.