Xatolos@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoGermany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territorymarkets.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkGermany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territorymarkets.businessinsider.comXatolos@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThe only issue is they have not enough storage capacity for the excess.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoThat’s a global problem unfortunately. We do not yet have effective and economical means of storing energy in grid scale quantities that are readily deployable near where that power is consumed. It’s a huge problem actually, the biggest one facing renewables like solar.
The only issue is they have not enough storage capacity for the excess.
That’s a global problem unfortunately.
We do not yet have effective and economical means of storing energy in grid scale quantities that are readily deployable near where that power is consumed.
It’s a huge problem actually, the biggest one facing renewables like solar.