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poVoq@slrpnk.netM to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year ago

Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid.

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Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid.

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poVoq@slrpnk.netM to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year ago
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The cost of solar panels is plummeting, and this will flood the power grid with cheap electricity. But that’s just Act 1. We won’t stop building solar at the limits of the grid - we’ll build a lot more. This post explains why we'll keep building more,
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    In the UK, the average wait for a grid connection is more than 5 years, and over 40% of queuing projects have a connection date beyond 2030.

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      That’s a grid connection to allow residential solar to feed back? (I thought it “just worked”)

      Or any grid connection, like for a new building?

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        I’m assuming for large scale commercial solar

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          Ahh, I’ve got wrong end of the stick. TY!

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