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As an owner of household solar panels, there are weeks, sometimes even months with very little solar products, especially during the colder months. While I don
by torginus 7mo ago
As an owner of household solar panels, there are weeks, sometimes even months with very little solar products, especially during the colder months.
While I don't regret getting them, they are absolutely not good enough to be the only solution.
- dzonga 7mo agoyeah solar is largely geographic dependent however in the southern hemisphere - solar is a win .
- ponector 7mo agoSouthern hemisphere receives roughly the same amount of sunlight as northern. Solar is a win everywhere with a sunny weather.
- SkiFire13 7mo agoBut land is not distributed equally in the two hemispheres. In the southern hemisphere it's generally concentrated near the equator, where it gets more sunlight.
- himata4113 7mo agoI think if energy storage is cheap enough and solar panel pricing continues to go down (especially with this new tech) a time where you can have 10 days of reserve and 50%+ overproduction is not that far away IMO. Small 2-3 floor apartments especially can benefit from a mini local grid, each roof + shared land is a lot of sun real-estate. It doesn't have to be perfect a generator with ~7 days of fuel can go a really long way for any kind of low solar activity event. 7 days of fuel is roughly half the size of the generator. At the end of the day it's math, figure exactly what is needed, if it works out then great, if not, continue waiting.