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> Why can't utility scale operators use bulk purchases of the exact same panels, in a more optimal installation (south facing, unshaded etc) to achieve similar
by morsch 1y ago
> Why can't utility scale operators use bulk purchases of the exact same panels, in a more optimal installation (south facing, unshaded etc) to achieve similar or better payback periods?
Utility scale operators added about 17 GW (peak) solar in 2024, so about 20x as much.
https://strom-report.com/photovoltaik/ https://strom-report.com/photovoltaik/
- grumpy-de-sre 1y agoExactly! Wind expansion has been going great as-well. I guess the more fundamental question is why these expansions haven't led to savings for energy consumers and why the economics of these micro-systems are so attractive.
- morsch 1y agoWind expansion isn't that great actually. https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Branchen-Unternehmen/Energie/Erzeugung/Tabellen/bruttostromerzeugung.html https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Branchen-Unternehmen/Energ... https://www.wind-energie.de/fileadmin/redaktion/dokumente/publikationen-oeffentlich/themen/06-zahlen-und-fakten/20250115_Status_des_Windenergieausbaus_an_Land_Jahr_2024.pdf https://www.wind-energie.de/fileadmin/redaktion/dokumente/pu... Looking at who's responsible for policy now, I don't see things improving. Happy to be proven wrong though.