ckape, 8 months ago

@ZachWeinersmith This is one of my favorite graphs, right up there with Itanium sales predictions

kentwillard, 8 months ago

@ZachWeinersmith You can sell fossil fuel, but you can't sell sunshine. How much of our global political crap is caused by the fossil fuel sellers?

shavounet, 8 months ago

@ZachWeinersmith only in a few billion years hopefully!

alexduf, 8 months ago

@ZachWeinersmith they also are currently being sold under production cost, which I assume means current prices are temporary. If you're interested by this industry you ought to follow @solar_chase

okennedy, 8 months ago

@ZachWeinersmith Before it can try, it needs to be charged with battery.

ZachWeinersmith, 8 months ago

@okennedy Things are looking good there too! https://about.bnef.com/blog/top-10-energy-storage-trends-in-2023/#:~:text=Now%2C%20BNEF%20expects%20the%20volume,to%20%24152%2FkWh%20in%202023.

(slight reversion, like almost everything in the next 2 years, but I think the trend will go back down soon)

mostalive, 8 months ago

@ZachWeinersmith @okennedy The sodium battery prediction is off by a wheel ;-) - even that goes better than expected according to rumours, BYD to use hybrid (pun intended) battery packs, li-on cells and sodium cells : https://www.electrive.com/2023/04/21/catl-and-byd-to-use-sodium-ion-batteries-in-evs-this-year/

RyeNCode, 8 months ago

@ZachWeinersmith here in Alberta the government stopped new (larger) solar projects because of risk for the "environment"... but really because it threatens O&G.

buckysrevenge, 8 months ago

@ZachWeinersmith now if they can convince the power companies in the US to set this up rather than individuals in their houses being potentially suckered by sketchy solar companies.

ZachWeinersmith, 8 months ago

@buckysrevenge Solar is mostly utility scale :)

tobi, 8 months ago

@ZachWeinersmith 👏

croyle, 8 months ago

@ZachWeinersmith I've been shopping for a new set of portable panels, which are cheaper and way more efficient than the ones I have from a decade ago... So great to see, and I hope they'll just keep getting better!