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| Siwastaja:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on September 02, 2022, 09:40:17 pm ---I dunno how effective solar panels would be where you live, but yeah. I kind of suspect that solar panel prices may go through the roof due to a sudden increase in demand and suppliers taking advantage of it. --- End quote --- I have been enjoying the ridiculous spot prices, I'm paying fixed 0.051€/kWh for energy I buy (plus 0.08€/kWh for transmission), and selling my PV generation to grid for the spot price, maybe 0.40€/kWh average, some hours nearly 1€/kWh. This has completely turned the strategy around, trying to minimize own use, by timing the heat pump starting from 18:00. Solar panel prices have not skyrocketed, pretty modest price increases. However, there seems to be some kind of shortage of inverters (and more significant price increases), and of course I can only imagine how difficult it is now to get installers. |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Siwastaja on September 03, 2022, 07:05:56 am --- --- Quote from: SiliconWizard on September 02, 2022, 09:40:17 pm ---I dunno how effective solar panels would be where you live, but yeah. I kind of suspect that solar panel prices may go through the roof due to a sudden increase in demand and suppliers taking advantage of it. --- End quote --- I have been enjoying the ridiculous spot prices, I'm paying fixed 0.051€/kWh for energy I buy (plus 0.08€/kWh for transmission), and selling my PV generation to grid for the spot price, maybe 0.40€/kWh average, some hours nearly 1€/kWh. This has completely turned the strategy around, trying to minimize own use, by timing the heat pump starting from 18:00. Solar panel prices have not skyrocketed, pretty modest price increases. However, there seems to be some kind of shortage of inverters (and more significant price increases), and of course I can only imagine how difficult it is now to get installers. --- End quote --- For now. So I suggest investing now. Given not just this individual behavior we're describing here, but the fact that a lot of big countries are now going to invest even more massively in renewables, it seems very likely that prices are going to skyrocket. The only question is just when. So probably better hurry up while it's still doable. And for those who live in appartments or don't own their house, they'll be stuck with whatever governments and energy distributors will offer them. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: Siwastaja on September 01, 2022, 06:50:00 pm ---It is quite an obvious assumption that bricks can be used for outside walls. nctnico must be thinking about some special snowflake indoor-only brick. Never heard about such a thing. --- End quote --- There are many types of brick and block which are not suitable for exterior walls. Some can kinda be used for an exterior wall, but only beneath a waterproof screed. Some are for use on the inner layer of a cavity wall. Some are only for use for interior walls. Just try using exposing an aerated concrete brick/block to the weather for a while. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: tom66 on August 25, 2022, 09:44:09 am ---I still don't understand Germany's logic towards turning off nuclear. --- End quote --- Logic? They emotionally reacted to the Chernobyl incident. Softened a bit, and started to reinstated nuclear as at least a short term necessity. Then the Fukushima incident happened, and emotion ruled once again. |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on August 31, 2022, 08:20:53 pm ---Our so-called Conservative government is going to ban petrol cars in 2030. Less than 8 years from now. It's mental. Poor people won't be able to afford the increased prices of second-hand petrol and diesel cars. It's completely insane and unnecessary. EV sales will eventually overtake ICE cars and replace them at a pace people can cope with. https://www.brindley.co.uk/news/the-2030-petrol-and-diesel-car-ban-explained/ --- End quote --- I think they look at the UK's pathetic remaining car industry and think "not much to destroy there, so there's nothing much to protect". You can't expect their little minds to capture the full picture, can you? |
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