Tuesday, October 19, 2021

The increased role of roof top solar

There was an article at Forbes recently that summarised a study which argued that the world could make significant inroads in clean energy by vastly expanding the amount of roof top solar panels - particularly in the densely populated parts of India and China, they argue.

I still say it should be a compulsory part of the building code in most of Australia, along with a minimum amount of home battery storage.   An extra $20,000 or so on your average build (which is around $300,000) isn't going to kill anyone, especially when you get the savings on electricity and gas costs.

4 comments:

Not Trampis said...

rooftop soalr makes economic sense but as yet batteries do not

Steve said...

Homer, depending on what you pay for electricity, they may either save a small amount of money over their lifetime, or at least come close to break even.

See this recent article about them.

https://www.canstarblue.com.au/electricity/brands/tesla-powerwall/

But isn't the point of emissions reduction policy to reduce emissions - it's not to guarantee that everyone gets the cheapest electricity possible. If it's a little more expensive, but clean - that's OK.

Not Trampis said...

Batteries wil make sense soon. government action will make it occur sooner

GMB said...

You were thinking of other types of solar? Own your stupidity Steve.