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minus-squarefenrasulfr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoIs it that expensive to import solar pannels from China, I get that infrastructure scale batteries are expensive?
minus-squareTeppa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-217 hours agoTotal cost of power its very expensive. When you see how cheap solar is that’s just the panels, you then have to deal with the intermittency, and the backup power generation for the periods where performance is degraded.
minus-squareVibeSurgeon@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoThis is outdated - the LCOE of solar/wind+battery storage is lower than fossil methods of power generation.
minus-squareTeppa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 hour agoHave a reputable citation? Here’s why renewables are expensive, which takes all costs into account for 100% uptime of power, without brownouts. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360544222018035 Most studies ignore a lot of cost.
Is it that expensive to import solar pannels from China, I get that infrastructure scale batteries are expensive?
Total cost of power its very expensive. When you see how cheap solar is that’s just the panels, you then have to deal with the intermittency, and the backup power generation for the periods where performance is degraded.
This is outdated - the LCOE of solar/wind+battery storage is lower than fossil methods of power generation.
Have a reputable citation?
Here’s why renewables are expensive, which takes all costs into account for 100% uptime of power, without brownouts.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360544222018035
Most studies ignore a lot of cost.