sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Green Energy@slrpnk.net · 1 month agoBatteries are so cheap now, solar power doesn’t sleepelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareikt@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s true for me, 6.6kw solar system, 10kwh battery, I pretty much never run out of of power now, my grid usage is background noise
minus-squareFjdybank@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoImpressive. Can you share your setup costs and general location (I…E region / country)?
minus-squarea4ng3l@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI’d be curious as well. I’m looking at batteries but my consumption is 80% in winter when whatever the capacity I install I’ll end up using the network :-/
minus-squareikt@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agodo you have time of use charges? if it’s more expensive to use power at night people are filling up during the day and using it at night, bit of electricity arbitrage
minus-squareikt@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAustralia but it’s not really applicable to other places, we now have strong gov incentives to get solar (STC’s) and batterys (battery rebate): https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/home-batteries-and-rebates-what-you-need-to-know/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-07/government-home-battery-discount-explained/105257914 I also live here: https://www.qhatlas.com.au/sites/default/files/Qld sunshine state.jpg So plenty of sun compared to countries way up north
It’s true for me, 6.6kw solar system, 10kwh battery, I pretty much never run out of of power now, my grid usage is background noise
Impressive. Can you share your setup costs and general location (I…E region / country)?
I’d be curious as well. I’m looking at batteries but my consumption is 80% in winter when whatever the capacity I install I’ll end up using the network :-/
do you have time of use charges?
if it’s more expensive to use power at night people are filling up during the day and using it at night, bit of electricity arbitrage
Australia but it’s not really applicable to other places, we now have strong gov incentives to get solar (STC’s) and batterys (battery rebate):
https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/home-batteries-and-rebates-what-you-need-to-know/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-07/government-home-battery-discount-explained/105257914
I also live here: https://www.qhatlas.com.au/sites/default/files/Qld sunshine state.jpg
So plenty of sun compared to countries way up north