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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 · 4 months agomessage-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: green@lemmy.ml
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThe only issue is they have not enough storage capacity for the excess.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 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.