Turn your home into a power station and you’re changing your role from that of customer to speculator in one of the most volatile, cut-throat commodity markets on the planet.

https://archive.md/WMs4U

TLDR: please don’t just put solar on your roof, we’re past those days, please either get an EV you can charge during the day or battery

  • tau@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    The nearly endless resource doesn’t put out at night though - hence the supply and demand problem still being an issue. We’ve now got enough production to cover demand at peak solar output but now we need enough storage to utilise that peak supply and cover demand at other times.

      • ikt@aussie.zoneOP
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        1 month ago

        or we go all out on batteries and store the extra energy from the day.

        Yes that’s what the article is saying

        The day time negative pricing is because coal power plants can’t turn off but are needed at night, if we stop needing them at night we can just shut them down