It may only be mid-spring but right now although little #electricity is being generated by #wind (2.5 GW or 7.8% of #UK demand) a very healthy 8.6 GW or 26.6% is being met by #SolarEnergy. #Gas is down at 5.7 GW or 17.6%.
@mattferrell Yeah I caught a lot of this shit online from my blog post series on getting panels and batteries. Assuming the annual cost of electricity is the same as 2017 when I got the first "wave" done, with wave two and three done in 2019 and 2022 respectively, it will all be paid for in electric bill savings in about 2030. However since rates have slowly increased, that will be actually 2026.
Works fine on cloudy and winter days, can charge my EV for free, and my neighbors in this working class neighborhood are getting solar, despite the "cost".
Plus if the zombie apocalypse happens and the zombies attack the grid itself, I'll still be up and op, probably bitching online about zombies.
It’s a nice #SunnyDay outside and it really feels like spring. The #bees are busy making use of the #flowers, while the flowers are busy making use of the bees.
The #UK#ElectricyDemand is currently 32 GW and of that, 25.2% is coming from #SolarEnergy, 17.1% is coming from #WindEnergy, 16.8% is coming from #NuclearEnergy and 9.9% is coming from #Biomass and only 7% is coming from #Gas. There is also a fair amount coming from continental Europe through the various interconnections.
'Lower-income communities across the United States have long been much slower to adopt solar power than their affluent neighbors... But, commercial and industrial rooftops, such as those atop retail buildings and factories, offer a big opportunity to reduce what researchers call the “solar equity gap,” according to a new study, published in Nature Energy and led by researchers at Stanford University.'
The #lightweight#SolarPanels, developed by researchers in #Australia and the #UK, were able to convert 11 per cent of the #Sun’s energy into #electricity, making them suitable for commercial use. The 11 per cent achieved in the latest tests is far greater than the efficiency levels of around one or two per cent that printed flexible solar panels currently offer. #SolarEnergy
Solar PV capacity still chugging along at +4 GW/year in the Netherlands, reaching 24 GW by end-2023. That's 1.35 kW per inhabitant, and way above the national peak demand (~18 GW)
Fed by generous government support, including continued net metering for residential systems.
Just watched the latest video from @mattferrell which is extremely timely for me. I posted a blog post earlier today where I mentioned I was wanting to get a heat pump water heater, and a few hours later Matt posted this: https://youtu.be/abGiNL9IT54?si=w_GyCuD47w4Yn-H4
Four short grid outages overnight, 1000 homes nearby had an outage due to a construction-related misstep, nearby short outages as a part of the repair/recovery process. I knew about it only because the printer is not on the critical load circuit, and as the grid came up it would power on automatically each time. The first time I thought I'd somehow been hacked and ran in to check the printer for a ransomware demand being printed out (yeah I know, give me a break, this was from a dead sleep) but then got a message on my phone that the grid was back up after an outage. Second time the dog barked at the printer. Third and fourth time the dog and I slept through it. Critical load circuits had no issues.
Today marks the first day in 2024 when I have enough excess #SolarEnergy to top up the #ElectricVehicle after charging the house battery. Added about 5 free miles 😁