Xatolos@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGermany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territorymarkets.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1515arrow-down143
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minus-squareenglislanguage@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoLooks like it is possible to do in California already today, for hours, not minutes: https://reneweconomy.com.au/deeper-longer-cleaner-big-batteries-extend-domination-of-californias-evening-demand-peaks/ The battery solutions on grid scale are available now. They need to be built and paid for. Negative prices might help motivate investors.
minus-squaresapient [they/them]@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat’s pretty awesome ngl :p
Looks like it is possible to do in California already today, for hours, not minutes: https://reneweconomy.com.au/deeper-longer-cleaner-big-batteries-extend-domination-of-californias-evening-demand-peaks/
The battery solutions on grid scale are available now. They need to be built and paid for. Negative prices might help motivate investors.
That’s pretty awesome ngl :p
TIL, thanks for the link!