Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.ml · 7 months agoGermany Has Too Many Solar Panels, and It's Pushed Energy Prices Negativemarkets.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down110cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
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minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoMost power is produced in the morning to early afternoon. Most power is used in the evening. We just don’t have that much storage yet. It’s hard to say we’re wasting energy though. There’s a whole lot more solar power than what we’re capturing, after all.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoAlso, It’s no easy feat to sell lots of electricity far away. It can be done and is being done, but it’s not simple. If it were, Sahara would be covered in solar panels supplying electricity to Europe and Africa.
Most power is produced in the morning to early afternoon. Most power is used in the evening. We just don’t have that much storage yet.
It’s hard to say we’re wasting energy though. There’s a whole lot more solar power than what we’re capturing, after all.
Also, It’s no easy feat to sell lots of electricity far away.
It can be done and is being done, but it’s not simple. If it were, Sahara would be covered in solar panels supplying electricity to Europe and Africa.