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by aharonovich 12y ago
Wow, this is really a great system. Wish we had that in Israel.
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Ask HN: Who will get killed because of the PV Solar and Storage disruption?
1 points by aharonovich 12y ago|0 comments
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by aharonovich 12y ago
but grid-edge storage does help a bit to resiliency of grid.
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by aharonovich 12y ago
So who is covering the cost of transmitting to power from the wind farm to your city and the cost of distributing it all the way to your home?
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by aharonovich 12y ago
IMO It only seems that way. They do their best to stay on top of all new technology, but as consumers are used to very high level of service (>99.99%) they can afford few risks if any.
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by aharonovich 12y ago
My research has shown that while many utilities have purchased storage (SCE 250 mW in 2014[1]) it's still very experimental and they do it mostly for research purposes or publicity or because the regulator makes them. However, since th
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by aharonovich 12y ago
How lucky for me, I've just finished doing the same back of the envelope calculation for using a home storage system that would take advantage of Time-Of-Use rates, my conclusion was opposite - when he is concentrating on the gap betwe
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by aharonovich 12y ago
this is a MUCH needed app. well done.
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by aharonovich 12y ago
No, and there is a financial proof: you can get a PPA deal. If the snow makes the output lower you just don't pay anything and the company losses. So we can assume that either the snow just falls off or that they would come clean it.
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by aharonovich 12y ago
You do know that PPA rooftop solar is zero $ upfront & cheaper than 'normal' electricity, right? Nothing stopping the poor from getting it. In fact, I would be very surprised to hear that PPA customers average income is lower
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Ask HN: Elon Musk's companies can't fail. What other companies can't fail?
2 points by aharonovich 12y ago|2 comments
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by aharonovich 12y ago
I use TunnelBear
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SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive Defends His Company’s Long-Term Business Strategy(greentechmedia.com)
1 points by aharonovich 12y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Do you think Globalstar is really worthless?
1 points by aharonovich 12y ago|0 comments
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Overhyped, Overlevered and Ludicrously Overvalued(factsaboutglobalstar.com)
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Kerrisdale Capital to Host Live Presentation and Webcast on Globalstar, Inc(marketwatch.com)
1 points by aharonovich 12y ago|0 comments
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by aharonovich 12y ago
Would love an invite, aharonovich(at)gmail, thanks :-)
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ßAir Bio-Artificial Pancreas May Finally Treat Type-1 Diabetes(medgadget.com)
1 points by aharonovich 12y ago|0 comments
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Dollar Accounts Over the Bitcoin Network(getneema.com)
2 points by aharonovich 12y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Which tech company has lost its way?
1 points by aharonovich 12y ago|0 comments
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by aharonovich 12y ago
Ah, now this makes sense. Should have thought about that... Thanks :)
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Ask HN: Why are SpaceX's smaller space missiles being launched?
3 points by aharonovich 12y ago|3 comments
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by aharonovich 12y ago
We also lose knowledge as engineers age and die.
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by aharonovich 12y ago
I agree, but do not consider myself knowledgeable enough in the matter to actually think about a solution. Instead I think a lot about hacking this for myself (when I was in high school, back when we used to ride a t-rex to get to school) a
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by aharonovich 12y ago
They are not reflected. Let's say someone dad's name is David, when he tags @dad the tag would read 'david'.
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by aharonovich 12y ago
For me the benefit is obvious - Since I never call my parents by their names and only address them as dad\mom it's much more natural for me to @dad when I'd like him to see something. In fact, that's how I've stumbled up
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by aharonovich 12y ago
That bad?
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by aharonovich 12y ago
I'd go with "leading a consultancy". It pretty much says it all.
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by aharonovich 12y ago
It's true, but this sort of "engineering wit" caused me to look into Google to begin with.
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by aharonovich 12y ago
Oh, I'm not a retail investor :)

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