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which is why solar installations need to focus on the industrial scale instead of throwing money at individual home owners, which by the way excludes a signific
by Shivetya 11y ago
which is why solar installations need to focus on the industrial scale instead of throwing money at individual home owners, which by the way excludes a significant number of people.
There is zero reason to subsidize home owners installing wind or solar energy however you could get better results by subsidizing their purchase of power generated that way.
- ZeroGravitas 11y agoThere's a few good reasons for residential rooftop solar, particularly in areas where the peak usage and sun coincide (where aircon is used for example). It not only dampens peak demand (the most expensive to serve) it can also delay the need for grid improvements required to deliver the peak demand. Progressive utilities consider it a win-win. I'm surprised landlords haven't jumped at the chance to add solar, they seem like exactly the kind of people who would invest up front for a guaranteed payback. I guess there must be some reason why it's not a standard thing, the difficulty of billing the renter for their electric use separately maybe?