this is good, not bad

[solarbird]

It’s hilarious to me that this is being presented as a bad thing:

Germany has too many solar panels, and it’s pushed energy prices into negative territory.

NO, it does NOT. Power export and increased electrification will solve the “not making money” part and it will be awesome.

Somewhere I had but misplaced an “oh noes” article about the price of used electric cars starting to come down and that’s also being presented as a bad thing and once again I am asking why is this bad, affordable electrics are good, absolute turnip of a journalist.

Posted via Solarbird{y|z|yz}, Collected.

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[armiphlage]

At least in Canada, a significant portion of grid power is used for heating and cooling. There are already simple solutions for exploiting time-of-day differences:

Slush tanks. My old factory had this. When electricity is cheap, try to freeze a tank of water. When electricity is expensive, use the icewater to meet your cooling needs.

Thermal batteries. A friend of the family had this in her house. Put a simple electrical resistance heater in a box full of sand. Surround it with insulation. When electricity is cheap, heat the sand until it is red-hot. When electricity is expensive, and your house is cold, blow air through the hot sand to heat it.