• Wholesale power prices are increasingly turning negative at times of high solar output
  • Observers say rooftop solar is “cannibalising” electricity prices and hitting large-scale solar hard
  • There are calls for storage and greater daytime demand to help soak up solar production
  • lolrightythen@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m sure this has been discussed, but storing your solar energy as potential energy could avoid paying connection fees. Pump some ground water into a raised tank - or hoist heavy objects (large logs)?

    Now that I type it out, it seems either dangerous or inefficient or not cost effective. Or all of the above.

    Fun to think about, though