This is thanks to a very generous subsidy called “saldering”.
But that scheme will end soon. It costs each household about 120 euro per year in higher energy bills, but that is paid fully by people without panels (typically poorer people) who end up paying about 300 euro per year:
The government will end this subsidy soon, which will mean we probably won’t be seeing many more panels installed after 2025.
How will you store it until you need it, and stopping buying conventional electricity from neighbors… Stop green washing
impressive peak!
I suppose most of the electricity is exported, or is there any storage?
Its going to be an interesting period in about 10 years where in a lot of places green energy production will be high enough to essentially occasionally offer free energy as there will be oversupply in the market
> At peak solar production
And what about at bottom solar production?
Doesn´t include gasoline used in transportation. Or all the energy used to produce and transport all the goods we import. Even if we cover all the local consumed electricity with solar, the amount of fossil fuel we use per person is still huge. Energy consumption is FAR more than only electricity consumed in our homes… (so this title is just false).
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At 815 watt per person, we have the most panels in the world:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/612412/installed-solar-photovoltaics-capacity-eu/
This is thanks to a very generous subsidy called “saldering”.
But that scheme will end soon. It costs each household about 120 euro per year in higher energy bills, but that is paid fully by people without panels (typically poorer people) who end up paying about 300 euro per year:
https://solarmagazine.nl/nieuws-zonne-energie/i33950/salderingsregeling-kost-mensen-zonder-zonnepanelen-1-35-miljard-euro-per-jaar
The government will end this subsidy soon, which will mean we probably won’t be seeing many more panels installed after 2025.
How will you store it until you need it, and stopping buying conventional electricity from neighbors… Stop green washing
impressive peak!
I suppose most of the electricity is exported, or is there any storage?
Its going to be an interesting period in about 10 years where in a lot of places green energy production will be high enough to essentially occasionally offer free energy as there will be oversupply in the market
> At peak solar production
And what about at bottom solar production?
Doesn´t include gasoline used in transportation. Or all the energy used to produce and transport all the goods we import. Even if we cover all the local consumed electricity with solar, the amount of fossil fuel we use per person is still huge. Energy consumption is FAR more than only electricity consumed in our homes… (so this title is just false).