Xatolos@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoGermany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territorymarkets.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1515cross-posted to: green@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1515external-linkGermany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territorymarkets.businessinsider.comXatolos@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square198fedilinkcross-posted to: green@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squaresunbeam60linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoYes but pumped storage is about 80% round trip efficiency vs power to x which is barely touching 20% out of the lab. And power to X needs an epic fuckton of very clean water, which also isn’t easy to find.
Yes but pumped storage is about 80% round trip efficiency vs power to x which is barely touching 20% out of the lab. And power to X needs an epic fuckton of very clean water, which also isn’t easy to find.