I used to work in the industry from 2012 until 2023.
Yes, building private PV plants has become exponentially cheaper than it was in 2010s, and there are nowdays so many privately owned PV-systems that on sunny days Germany does often have an oversupply of electricity. (that problem can be solved with Smart-grid systems)
But that’s not the real reason. One reason I see is that because of extremely high grants that has become a fertile ground for embezelment. The second reason I see is that for the most installing companies installing PV systems on residential homes is a pain in the a** and not a moneymaker anymore. Even in Germany many small-to-middle sized companies have gone bankrupt or are struggling. What has remaind are the giants who are able to compete on infrastructure level PV-plants (and who also have other sources of income) or micro-companies “with a single van”.
I would say that the times have changed and with it the way residental-PV is treated by the governments.
Oh wow, that’s a fascinating topic.
This is something I’m looking forward to, because I assume it would be more expensive than we think. I hope to the point where it’s more prudent to pay a skilled worker than XY of money for slop. Currently AI is being indirectly “subsidized” through many high ticket investors, and that besically finances our “slop”.
I pray for the day when the AI companies have to “pay the piper” and start charging realistic prices for the use of AI.
I am biased because ATM I have to fight tooth and nail to keep my job because my CEO thinks that he can just upload the company logo to AI, and that AI would shit marketing back.