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[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

It sounds dumb, but because you can't turn off solar power, if it produces more then you need, you have to use it somehow or it can damage equipment. Hence the driving prices into negative territory. It's a technical problem more than it is a financial one.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

Sounds like energy companies or independent entities should invest in energy storage so they can get paid to draw from the grid.

[-] chaospatterns@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But then you've got cities like Morro Bay, CA that are trying to stop a plan to replace a coal plant with a battery storage facility because batteries are supposedly dangerous.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago

Gotta love any time anybody argues against replacing coal with something else, and the tactic is to spread FUD about the thing that is NOT coal!

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