I was one of the early adopters of grid tie solar in our area in 2008. Back then solar panels sold for $7.60 per watt (now they're 1/10 that price) and they paid for themselves a few years back and now I have free electricity for years to come.
Actually less than 1/10th now! Consumers can buy them for about $0.18/W and distributers get them as low as $.10-$0.15/W. As an installer, I'm finding that the mounting hardware is frequently more expensive than the solar module!
@@MrTyrael159 In the U.S. I have not found panels in the price range you indicate online. I recently paid $0.25/watt on a "Black Friday" sale. The week previously I purchased some bifacial panels for $0.48/watt. A far cry from my original installation over 20 years ago @ $5.67/watt. Some of the old panels have water damage at the bottom of the panel & have been replaced but, 2/3 of them are still in operation. I am doubling my array in the coming weeks & installing a stand alone array w/ batteries for charging my electric vehicles separately.
@@MrTyrael159 Crazy, isn't it? I noticed that the mounting kit is indeed not that much cheaper than the panels now. I suspect panels are quite a lot cheaper than tiles now too.
I have always been asked "how long is the payback period?" I tell the questioner "payback is instant because I am offsetting fossil fuel burning. At 7 years I now have saved (in electricity cost) as much as I spent in the beginning". The payoff is immediate & with battery backup, we never go dark from "blackouts".
Since about 2023 ago Solar is the cheapest Energy source in most countries.... Shout out to those that invested in the tech before it became really affordable
@@shanecollie5177 even if that were true, there would be zero need to expand the fossil fuel industry. Current supply will be just fine. The only place where fossil fuels are used in abundance is in the mining of the raw materials and the manufacturing of the silicone wafers. Mining companies the world over are moving to greener production through the use of biofuels or straight up electrification of equipment. As for the production of the silicone wafers, there already exist technologies that can eliminate the gas cookers from the processing
Solar power is becoming incredibly cheap and prevalent worldwide, displacing fossil fuels in both rich and poor countries. Researcher Jenny Chase explains the rapid growth of solar installations, challenges in tracking data, and how solar is transforming energy markets globally.
In Pakistan the amount of solar installation is crazy. Like a poorman will constuct a mud house in a village, and first thing he does is put 2 solar plates on it, attached to a dc fan and some leds. Any industry which must stay competitive must have rooftop solar, otherwise powerbills make the product non-competitive. a common man earns roughly 30kRs or 100usd per month, and electricity bills for 200kwh can reach half of his salary. So what he does, he puts a solar plate on top to run all fans and maybe the tv on solar, while to grid only runs his fridge, as he can not afford AC. My family got solar last year, which proper backup. we paid 100usd on avg for power, with frequent blackouts, specially during heatwaves. The agricultural farms owned by well off people run the tubewells and other mechanical motors on solar, because the diesel is too expensive. Someone said the solar paid off in a year. The govt is not encouraging the transition but trying to save the powerplants, because it collects taxes through power bills. people who live in appartments are screwed, they have to pay expensive bills more than their rent, for not even turning on their ACs. Everyone wants solar.
Yeah, you're right, the citizens are 'subsidizing' an expensive fossil fuel power source. The electricity company charges high bills to compensate for the loss of customers to rooftop solar. Still, the electricity company's pricing model leads to their eventual demise, in the end, watch the space.
If every country would have had proper nuclear fosil and hydro solar and wind would not be necesary; the need of fosil would be made minimum and nuclear and hydro main power generators. Solar has a high instability in many regions. It fluctuates the grid too much so that fosil and hydro need to adjust too fast for their design.
@ "According to current data, building a nuclear power plant is significantly more expensive than building an equivalent power generation capacity from wind or solar, with the cost of nuclear power often being at least twice as high per megawatt hour of electricity produced; this is due to the high capital costs associated with nuclear plant construction compared to renewable sources like wind and solar. "
Not quite that simple. The sun doesn't shine at night and energy storage is expensive. I am connected to the grid in Canada and have recently had rooftop solar installed on my house. In the 49 days I've had solar so far the panels havs only produced 107.8kWh of power, much less than my home uses. In the summer it will produce more than I need and I will get a credit, from the utility company, for that. I am expecting to have about 80% of my net electricity needs covered by solar over the year.
No... each home would have to duplicate the efforts of maintaining storage, and the smallest scaleable storage is batteries. We need batteries for EVs, etc... A connected grid can diversify across solar/wind/nuclear, minimizing the need for storage, which will still be a huge challenge.
@@Joe-ij6of You might like being tied to the grid and handing ovet your hard earned money to privately owned energy providers to pay their greedy shareholders, I don't I want to break free from their stranglehold.
@GaryV-p3h That's fine, and your choice, but it's stupid to _make_ everyone do that, because it would be very resource-inefficient. Having storage to cover the local area is _much_ more efficient than putting enough in every house to make them entirely independent. Especially in northern climes where the winter/summer solar generation varies by a factor of 9.
Public policy should be a strong, well connected, diverse grid with financial incentives to build it out that way... but also a market structure to make sure there's a link between investment returns and minimizing customer prices, all while keeping costs down. If individuals want to go off-grid prepper-style, that's fine too.
Governments have a role here. On the Caribbean islands the rich are autonomous thanks to solar+batteries which drives up energy prices for the regular customers who rely on utilities. Mini grids are often successful in these cases, see the RMI/IREC supported projects in Puerto Rico, but the government needs to allow breaking the utility monopoly.
I bought my own solar panels in 2012 ( 4 Kw peak). I have generated almost 49 megawatts since then but I don't have battery storage. If the UK government was realistic about our energy demands it would stop throwing our money away on idiotic and wasteful schemes and subsidise us with batteries.
I am looking into these schemas and not sure if they are reliable but I am kin to install solar panels to my property. Do you have any recommendation or a company you rely on for this work?
@@giovabusi I live near Bristol and used Solarsense. Many firms have come and gone but SS still trades. Everything about them was top notch. Find a good local company and ask for references. The feed in tariff I get is ridiculously high but it isn't now. Panel costs have come down sharply and efficiency has gone up. If you go for it you'll love doing your washing, dishwashing making your tea etc. and it's all for free !
@@AlanJan_UK_49 I am up in Stoke and I have seen plenty of houses with panels installed so I started to get attached by the idea of having it as well. Thank you for the advice, I will look into it and try to contact some local company as well.
Batteries should not be subsidized at the moment. I got solar panels installed last month. I inquired to an instalation company about getting battery storage and was told: it's not worth it. "Just use the grid as your "battery". You get credit when you produce more than you need and will need to buy when the panels don't produce enough." The solar salesman actually told me he'd refer me to another company that could set up a natural gas generator if I wanted full backup, should the electricity grid go down.
dietary choices are also important (or even essential) in the fight against climate change. which of the following levels can you do for the planet? - level 1: avoid red meat, as it is by far the worst food for the planet. this is the least we should all do. - level 2: be vegetarian, thus avoiding all meat and fish. - level 3: be vegan, thus avoiding all animal products. + warning: if you decide to try a vegan diet, i would recommend the following supplements: a multivitamin, a choline supplement, calcium from tofu and fortified plant milks (or a calcium supplement), vitamin D if you don't spend enough time in the sun (this varies based on your latitude), 1 or 2 algae oil capsules for the long chain omega3s (which is where fish get their omega3s from), and finally a weekly b12 supplement (2000 mcg of cyanocobalamin taken once a week on an empty stomach).
ah, the cult is here. the healthiest level of vegetarian is octo-lavo pescatarian. Vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, fish, eggs, and milk. Any less and you are missing nutrients.
So, what about prices drop on energy bills? If they are using a much more efficient and free way to get this energy, why the prices just keep going up? I know there is maintenance but could be cheaper to the end customer.
And herein lies a real problem with solar in the US: You hear so much about it being a cheap or free way to generate electricity, but there is no good path for a typical homeowner or consumer to realize these elusive savings. If you have solar panels installed it is very expensive at best and there are many dodgy companies you could fall prey to. Even if the install goes very well it may be 20+ years to realize any savings, if ever. If you try to install a few Harbor Freight panels yourself there is a substantial learning curve and many hidden costs. If you try to buy solar-generated electricity from your supplier your bills go way up. I haven't seen an economically attractive path to solar power available so far.
It all comes down to the laws of whatever country you happen to be in. In the UK prices are set by whatever the most expensive source on the grid happens to be at the time.
No matter how hard and experience electricity in Pakistan but the nation has realized that solar is future and we as Pakistani are pioneer in accepting the climate change effects and act proactively to protect precious glaciers and the future nations to come. World must realize that carbon emissions increases high temperatures and unpredicted weather patterns. I live in a region where cold weather circle was about 90 days it has reduced to 70 days it will definitely effect wheet crops and early harvesting. Climate change is real act now
"What does 50 degrees Celsius feel like? Extreme Heat: At 50 degrees Celsius, you would experience intense heat. The air would feel scorching, and any physical contact with surfaces exposed to direct sunlight could burn your skin. Difficulty Breathing: In such extreme heat, the air can become dry and stifling, making it difficult to breathe comfortably. " May 28, 2015
It fully depends on humidity. If the air is extremely dry, like in a desert, 50°C is bearable... some people live their life with such daytime temperatures... and without A/C. If it is humid, then a human can die in minutes! The experience can be done in a sauna... and I have done it. Heat the sauna to 50°C, and it feels almost cold, because the air is very dry! Heat them the sauna to 130°C, and it is hard for a non-Finn to stay more than 5 mn. But then, add a single ladle of water on the hot stones, and you are a hero if you stay a single minute!
@@st-ex8506 ether way 50 celsius is 120 F and that's serious hot. i've lived in the mojave desert and yes dry heat isn't as bad a humid. but it's not healthy.
I hear people talk about how cheap it is getting but have yet to see United States sellers/installers relaying that cheapness. The initial cost is so high that it negates the reason to switch. Maybe someone who lives in the United States, particularly the southern states, can share a company that uses quality products and offers everything at a reasonable rate?
Will prowes of UA-cam teaches everything you need to know about solar. And he was living in a van for nearly a decade so he knows how to build cheap DIY.. i learned to build my 10kw hybrid set up thanks to him and some others like off-grid garage
It is impossible to know how much solar electricity is REALLY produced. The grid authority keeps statistics on only the power that transit through the gris. All auto-consumption is ignored, be it a single solar panel on a garden shed, or a few thousands on a factory's roof. I leave in France, and I do not sell any power to the grid...my production is hence statistically ignored! Installed capacity can be approximately known from the sales of panels in a country. And the generated energy calculated by multiplying the installed base by the average panel efficiency in said country.
It's all about economics. As the price comes down, it will meet the needs of more people, utilities and countries on a greater and greater basis. Batteries will further extend this.
Spot the analyst-nerd having to give a presentation :-) Jenny is great, and really knows her stuff (and accidentally fell into a really interesting job answering a fairly random job advert 20 years ago). Panels have indeed got crazy-cheap, and batteries have got _waaay_ cheaper over the last few years, but inverters, scaffolding, electrics, copper and electricians haven't got much cheaper in the last decade so increasingly dominate. I just installed 7kWp of rooftop PV and 16kWh of battery, with off-grid capability and UPS failover in the UK for £4500. I had 2.9kWp installed in 2010 and it was £14000. The new system should pay for itself in under 4 years monetarily. 8yrs in emissions terms (total system embodied emissions 8 tonnes). We can run for about 4-5 days of grey dinge before needing to import from the grid, but there have been two 5-day dinges so far this winter.
Def agree with that final line in regards to batteries. They will be a fundamental game changer. I myself have a battery ready system and as soon as I’m done paying off my solar system. I’ll be getting a battery installed. I’ll be looking at a 15kw battery so that I can participate in a virtual power plant scheme. For 90% of the year, a 10kw would suit me fine, but the 15kw will give me more peace of mind and allow me to monetize my investment.
Im with “Energy Australia”, and I am still getting charged huge bills even with the smart meter and solar panels. Im sure they think i own the neighbours shed with EV Jeep and EV farm machinery inside.
What are your monthly electrical kilowatt imports and exports? How many watts of solar do you have? What is your property's size? Are your running a ranch or renting a small urban bungalow?
I'm in Victoria and I switch to a cheaper provider every 12 to 18 months. Also I have app on my phone that talks to the smart meter and it shows how much power I'm using and records it hour by hour thru the day. In order for the app to work you need a bluetooth transmitter added to the smart meter which was done without cost to me.
Fossil fuel entities most likely won't just sit idly by. They will mostly likely fight dirty, which is happening today in some countries like the US. We need to be diligent.
If solar panels produced energy at one cent per kilowatt hour, and batteries were in place that could store it for three cents per kilowatt hour, and you could distribute the energy over a large area to the user at five cents per kilowatt hour, The world would beat a path to your door. But without usable batteries at scale, and without a decent distribution system, solar power will only be an increment addition to the grid. Though I think we desperately need it, I think we need to be very realistic. There is a lot of work to still be done.
Solar energy is cheap. But, only if you don't include the cost of making it reliable and continuous. Please review Moss Landing, California right now to see the largest battery fire in world history (P.S. this is nowhere near where the LA fires are occuring).
My guess is they already do, at least if we look at emissions from energy production per person. They consume far less energy than USAian people, per person. Generally the Chinese have lower emissions per person than the USA by far, also historical/cumulative. This is why it's hypocrisy when certain US people (not saying this is you) react to emission reductions with the "but what about China"-argument. It's fair to criticise China for many things, but "being a large single population" isn't one of them. Their emissions wouldn't change if they split up into several US-sized or smaller populations. The imballance gets even worse when we consider that much of China's emissions are due to producing the things that people in the USA import.
China installed more wind, solar, nuclear power last year than the entire rest of the world combined. They also purchased more electric cars, heat pumps, induction stoves than the rest of the world combined.
The panels are cheap, the inverters and installation cost are now a significant part of the total cost. Adding batteries is still expensive, but battery prices are falling. I intend to buy my solar installation in the Philippines in a few weeks time. There is plenty of potential for roof top solar in the Philippines. Sadly the energy companies are not stimulating it. I see a lot of Pakistani posting about solar on social media. There is a lot of interest there. What is needed in poorer countries right now are hybrid inverters that do not require batteries, so an inverter that can take the panel DC power and convert it directly to AC power and has a switch so it can be used on-grid and can also operate when the grid goes down while the panels generate enough power.
Or do both. You can reduce general consumption. But you can also be more efficient to reduce consumption. And often the consumption reduction from more efficient use, also reduces consumption even more. Like how not using fuel means no more shipping fuel, which reduces fuel.
@@5353Jumper Agreed. I renovated a 1903 house including adding 3.9 kWp of solar. But the insulation added really made the difference. I got a check for about $100 for my excess production above consumption last year. That's at the wholesale rate. The house is now all electric: heat pump heat/cool, heat pump water heater, induction cooktop etc.
Probably solar is cheap outside of the U.S…. In America, the starting cost of solar systems installation is somewhere between $20k-$30k 😅 and it’s getting more expensive every year because of tariffs and other economical/ political factors.
Wow, you really are getting screwed. I installed a 10kw system here in Australia 5years ago and it paid for itself in 2 years. Cost me 10.5k Aus, or about $6.5k USD. Now just waiting for batteries to go down.
You can not talk about solar without discussing the systemic problems. With a high penetration of solar panels on rooftops grid operators have to curtail or charge homeowners to take the power, so the homeowner needs batteries which is fine so you add the battery price to have a system that can supply when needed to your own home and the grid, then there are the periods when there is no sun….. what then. Solar is a part solution and better the closer you are to the equator. I have some solar but I accept it is no solution in the winter at 55 deg N…..
Of course! In northern latitudes, solar MUST be coupled with wind generation. the great thing is that they tend to be complementary. If the sun shines during the day, and les in the winter time, wind blows more at night and in the winter! I you look at the monthly aggregate of wind+solar generation in Europe, it is remarkably even all months of the year!
@ there is a seasonal complementary position however periods of no sun and no wind are in fact a certainty and occur every year for extended periods.. it is for this reason that standby generation is required up and above of pumped hydro and batteries. The reality is the backup generation should be costed against wind and Solar to account for their inability to be reliable. To ignore this is to walk into a disaster of impending blackouts and massive energ6 prices 5he elderly and poor can not afford. Renewables are expensive because they are not reliable and will always need alternate backup.
Es wäre ja schon, wenn es so wäre. Leider subventionieren wir in Deutschland seit 30 Jahren Photovoltaik und es funktioniert immer noch nicht ohne Protektionismus und ohne staatliche Förderung 🤷🏻♀️
isn't the goal to end climate change as soon as possible. and for the next few years there will be huge cuts in gov't subsidies of solar and wend by the gov't.
Mein Balkonkraftwerk widerspricht dir... Protektionismus? Es kommt aus China. Subventionen? Es würde sich auch rechnen, wenn ich Mehrwertsteurer darauf gezahlt hätte. Und es funktioniert wunderbar. 😊
No it's not. We've paid approximately 70k USD for solar panels and now only providing cost saving of approximately 150 USD per month. So it will take 470 months or about 40 years even before break even.
The problem is not the cost of solar power generation. The problem is the grid adequacy in transmission and distribution of this power and in the market pricing mechanism. All considered, solar and wind projects are barely profitable compared to oil and gas projects. That's why solar adoption is so slow outside China.
does the number of dollars Darren Woods and his collogues spend on propaganda and campaign donations/bribes make a difference in the growth of solar and wind?
Of the ca. 60 GW of new utility-scale capacity added in 2024 in the USA, over 60% was solar, 12% wind, 15% battery storage (ok... I know it can be debater if it is appropriate to put battery capacity in the same category as primary generating assets... I didn't make up the statistics, EIA did), only 4% natural gas... and 0% coal. During the same year, 7.6 GW of grid-scale generating capacity was retired, of which 50% was natural gas, 37% coal, and 8% oil-fired. So, it seems that wind and solar projects are pretty profitable in the USA also. The same in Australia... and pretty much across Europe... even Finland, the northernmost country in the world, installed over 1 GW of solar last year!
Of course you can, and it is being done at HUGE scale! Of the ca. 60 GW of new utility-scale capacity added in 2024 in the USA, over 60% was solar, 12% wind, 15% battery storage (ok... I know it can be debate whether it is appropriate to put battery capacity in the same category as primary generating assets... I didn't make up the statistics, EIA did), only 4% natural gas... and 0% coal.
Perhaps existing nuclear certainly not new nuclear even SMRs are barely viable, and we still can't deal with the waste products. Fusion will eventually help replace the current set of nuclear power stations as they need to be decommissioned at huge expense. Solar and wind are by far the cheapest way to produce electricity, as enough storage comes on line the intermittantcy 'problem' will go away.
Nuclear power plants are usually privately owned businesses with shareholders to have to pay out from the huge profits they make, personally I'd rather have solar panels so I can harvest my own energy for free to run my home and car. Who doesn't like free, unless of course you like handing over all your hard earned money to big businesses every month.
@AndrewGBradley storage increases costs and decreases efficiency of the system. I personally have solar panels on my roof and have worked building commercial scale wind and solar farms, so I am a supporter of increased renewables. I do acknowledge their intermitancy though. Nuclear, particularly SMRs, are an excellent option for base load, 24/7 power for grids. Natural gas power generation is excellent for peaker plants and, where an electricity grid is established, the most reliable electricity source that is "easy" and economical to adjust its output. My solar panels have a combined maximum output of 5.67 kW. It is a cloudy winter day at 10:00 AM when I post this and they are only producing 121 W of power; barely enough to run the three bulb light fixture above my kitchen table! When the halogen bulbs burn out I will replace them with LEDs. This summer i expect my panels to produce substantially more power and, over the course of one year, 80-90% of my electrical needs should be covered by them. I am connected to a quite reliable electrical grid though.
i know this isn’t related to the video, but i’ve been seeing Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki mentioned in so many comment sections lately. i thought it was just hype until i finally gave it a shot. honestly, the book blew me away. it’s all about understanding your energy and how to naturally draw people and opportunities toward you. it’s not some overnight fix, but you start to notice little shifts in how people respond to you, and it just builds from there.
you have been totally mis-informed, bro! PV panels are 95% recycled as aluminium and glass. Trace metals are recycled as well. My town council actually takes them away for free, as they have a net gain reselling the retrieved materials. Wash?!? 2 bucks per kW once a year. Do your math homeworks.
This is misleading. Solar panels take up large swaths real estate it has to be near a fossil fuel burning plant when the sun doesn’t shine. If you only look at the cost of solar panels, you’re only saying a tiny fraction of the picture.
@ are you missing the reason for going solar and wind? do you remember the thing called climate change? the historic weather catastrophes that break record after record? do you have children?
i know this is kinda off-topic, but i kept seeing comments about Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki in videos like this, and i finally decided to read it. honestly, it’s one of those books where you don’t realize how much it’s helping until you start noticing people treating you differently. it’s like the book shows you how to unlock a version of yourself you didn’t even know was there. subtle, but so effective.
Aren't solar panels, and the batteries that make them, come from mining in Africa, shipping it to China, and shipping it around the world so it fails within a decade and doesn't decompose? Batteries also have a maximum charge cycle amount until they don't hold charge. They also don't work well when dirty, and require a lot of water to keep solar panels clean. Meanwhile, I've got a few good friends in Pak, and their electrical grid isn't on par with The West, so they're supplementing or have the money for it. Thus sounds like more of an advert since there's not a single mention of nuclear.
Nuclear needs massive amounts of water for cooling. And if you think disposing of solar panels is a hassle then try disposing of a nuclear power station.
No solar is made from silica sand, same material as in the worlds deserts and beaches, it’s the most abundant material in the world hence the low cost. It ‘decomposes’ back into sand
so a power plant does not need being replaced. Things do not wear out? a lot of water?/ not in my experience but I guess results may vary. we do need a better battery and for that the future looks bright. Until then Iron phosphate will do.
Solar still represents a tiny percentage of overall world energy production. She gives the impression it’s a slam dunk. Bearing in mind a panel if you are lucky lasts 20 years you will forever be trying to keep up replacement. Nuclear or hopefully fusion is our only long term option.
Solar power surpassed coal in Europe in 2024 for power generation, and production is doubling every three years or so. Exponential growth means it won’t be a “tiny percentage” for long. Prices have fallen 90% in a decade, and will continue to fall as production increases. And panels last far longer than 20 years! Panels carry 25-30 year warranties these days, and those warranties guarantee that they will continue to produce 80-90% of their original output. But think about it… a solar panel has no moving parts or chemical reactions. It’s a handful of silicon cells, connected by a little bit of wire, sandwiched between a couple of panes of glass. It’s hardly more complex than a window! Solar panels built in the 1980s are still in use today.
Not only that but batteries to store the energy aren’t cheap and don’t last a long enough time. Solar panels also use quartz so while we are feeling good about doing the right thing, colonizers in Africa are pillaging native people to control their resources like quartz to be mined for green energy. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be. I’m not saying we should abandon the progress but we cannot keep promoting band aids
As of 2023 it was 5.5% which is not as tiny as you might think given that some sources such as hydroelectric (which provides more than 50%) are not going to be replaced by solar. You are incorrect that panels only last 20 years. In reality there is a gradual drop off of power produced and some panels loose up to 10% of their output over 20 years whereas others are much better loosing for example only 7% in 25 years. But the reality is that by then new panels will be much cheaper so it will be trivial to replace them. The reality is that even now, panels are really cheap and the main cost of a full solar system is the batteries and labor (depending on where you live). Nuclear is much more expensive so if you go that route expect to pay about 3X as much for your power. And yes, nuclear plants don't last for ever either so your argument is fundamentally flawed.
@@dshesser 1. I think you mean cobalt, not quartz. (Quartz is EVERYWHERE!) Lithium-ion batteries have shifted away from cobalt to LFP (lithium iron phosphate) chemistry, because cobalt is rare and expensive and has human rights issues. 2. Battery prices have fallen as sharply as solar panels, and continue to do so. Lithium batteries are now 99% cheaper than they were 30-odd years ago when they were first introduced - cheap enough that they make a more economical replacement for running fossil gas plants at night. Even the small batteries California has gotten reduced their fossil gas consumption over 40% in 2024 alone. 3. Batteries don’t need to be made of lithium! Grid-scale stationary batteries don’t need to optimize for weight or charge/discharge speeds, so they can use even cheaper chemistry, with much more common materials like iron/air, sodium, zinc, etc. It’s hard to overstate the importance of Wright’s Law and its impact on mass-production things like solar panels and batteries. Prices for both will eventually approach cost-of-materials.
@@dshesser You do know that sand is quartz? Please stop spreading misinformation. As an African myself with rooftop solar I can assure you that it is fantastic.
That may be but it's not cheap enough nor does it last long enough. As the leading scientists & commentators say Renewables need help from Nuclear & taxes on Carbon to be returned to the General public. Without that it's clear we will not succeed. My energy company is Ecotricity, also interested in 'Ripple' that allows customers to share in solar, windmills et al. Most interested in long-batteries for the grid.. 'Undecided' by Matt Ferrell has an interesting report on the potential of Nickel batteries after new breakthroughs.
i know this isn’t what the video’s about, but i had to mention how i kept seeing Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki in comments everywhere. curiosity got the better of me, and i finally read it. it’s wild how much it changes your mindset and the way you come across to others. it’s not about pretending to be confident-it’s about genuinely building that energy so it shows naturally. definitely worth all the buzz it’s been getting.
this might be a bit unrelated, but i kept seeing Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki popping up in comments everywhere, so i decided to check it out. the book’s all about working on your energy and presence, and it’s way more practical than i expected. after applying what it teaches, i’ve noticed people are more drawn to me, and i feel more confident without trying too hard. it’s been such a low-key but powerful shift
We live in Lahore and got solar panels installed last summer. Initial cost was mad but best decision ever.
I was one of the early adopters of grid tie solar in our area in 2008. Back then solar panels sold for $7.60 per watt (now they're 1/10 that price) and they paid for themselves a few years back and now I have free electricity for years to come.
Actually less than 1/10th now! Consumers can buy them for about $0.18/W and distributers get them as low as $.10-$0.15/W. As an installer, I'm finding that the mounting hardware is frequently more expensive than the solar module!
@@MrTyrael159 In the U.S. I have not found panels in the price range you indicate online. I recently paid $0.25/watt on a "Black Friday" sale. The week previously I purchased some bifacial panels for $0.48/watt. A far cry from my original installation over 20 years ago @ $5.67/watt. Some of the old panels have water damage at the bottom of the panel & have been replaced but, 2/3 of them are still in operation. I am doubling my array in the coming weeks & installing a stand alone array w/ batteries for charging my electric vehicles separately.
@@MrTyrael159 Crazy, isn't it? I noticed that the mounting kit is indeed not that much cheaper than the panels now. I suspect panels are quite a lot cheaper than tiles now too.
Almost every house has solar in Lagos, Nigeria
I wish your country prosperity!
Which of the lagos?
Island or mainland?
You are lying!
Im in boston usa
Are they Chinese solar panels that are now wayyy cheaper than in the USA.
I have always been asked "how long is the payback period?" I tell the questioner "payback is instant because I am offsetting fossil fuel burning. At 7 years I now have saved (in electricity cost) as much as I spent in the beginning". The payoff is immediate & with battery backup, we never go dark from "blackouts".
Since about 2023 ago Solar is the cheapest Energy source in most countries.... Shout out to those that invested in the tech before it became really affordable
Trump: “Drill, baby, Drill!”
Solar Market: “Fine, I’ll do it myself.”
As it should be.
You realise that you cant manufacture solar panels without hydrocarbons?
@@shanecollie5177 Much less than burning regular Fossil Fuels and those panels pay off their carbon debt within months.
@@shanecollie5177 even if that were true, there would be zero need to expand the fossil fuel industry. Current supply will be just fine. The only place where fossil fuels are used in abundance is in the mining of the raw materials and the manufacturing of the silicone wafers. Mining companies the world over are moving to greener production through the use of biofuels or straight up electrification of equipment. As for the production of the silicone wafers, there already exist technologies that can eliminate the gas cookers from the processing
Solar power is becoming incredibly cheap and prevalent worldwide, displacing fossil fuels in both rich and poor countries. Researcher Jenny Chase explains the rapid growth of solar installations, challenges in tracking data, and how solar is transforming energy markets globally.
In Pakistan the amount of solar installation is crazy. Like a poorman will constuct a mud house in a village, and first thing he does is put 2 solar plates on it, attached to a dc fan and some leds. Any industry which must stay competitive must have rooftop solar, otherwise powerbills make the product non-competitive. a common man earns roughly 30kRs or 100usd per month, and electricity bills for 200kwh can reach half of his salary. So what he does, he puts a solar plate on top to run all fans and maybe the tv on solar, while to grid only runs his fridge, as he can not afford AC. My family got solar last year, which proper backup. we paid 100usd on avg for power, with frequent blackouts, specially during heatwaves. The agricultural farms owned by well off people run the tubewells and other mechanical motors on solar, because the diesel is too expensive. Someone said the solar paid off in a year. The govt is not encouraging the transition but trying to save the powerplants, because it collects taxes through power bills. people who live in appartments are screwed, they have to pay expensive bills more than their rent, for not even turning on their ACs. Everyone wants solar.
Yeah, you're right, the citizens are 'subsidizing' an expensive fossil fuel power source. The electricity company charges high bills to compensate for the loss of customers to rooftop solar. Still, the electricity company's pricing model leads to their eventual demise, in the end, watch the space.
great comment.
are their people in apartments with balconies hanging solar panels on them?
If every country would have had proper nuclear fosil and hydro solar and wind would not be necesary; the need of fosil would be made minimum and nuclear and hydro main power generators. Solar has a high instability in many regions. It fluctuates the grid too much so that fosil and hydro need to adjust too fast for their design.
@ "According to current data, building a nuclear power plant is significantly more expensive than building an equivalent power generation capacity from wind or solar, with the cost of nuclear power often being at least twice as high per megawatt hour of electricity produced; this is due to the high capital costs associated with nuclear plant construction compared to renewable sources like wind and solar. "
Every home and business could and should be made to be enery self-sufficient.
Not quite that simple. The sun doesn't shine at night and energy storage is expensive. I am connected to the grid in Canada and have recently had rooftop solar installed on my house. In the 49 days I've had solar so far the panels havs only produced 107.8kWh of power, much less than my home uses. In the summer it will produce more than I need and I will get a credit, from the utility company, for that. I am expecting to have about 80% of my net electricity needs covered by solar over the year.
No... each home would have to duplicate the efforts of maintaining storage, and the smallest scaleable storage is batteries. We need batteries for EVs, etc... A connected grid can diversify across solar/wind/nuclear, minimizing the need for storage, which will still be a huge challenge.
@@Joe-ij6of You might like being tied to the grid and handing ovet your hard earned money to privately owned energy providers to pay their greedy shareholders, I don't I want to break free from their stranglehold.
@GaryV-p3h That's fine, and your choice, but it's stupid to _make_ everyone do that, because it would be very resource-inefficient. Having storage to cover the local area is _much_ more efficient than putting enough in every house to make them entirely independent. Especially in northern climes where the winter/summer solar generation varies by a factor of 9.
Public policy should be a strong, well connected, diverse grid with financial incentives to build it out that way... but also a market structure to make sure there's a link between investment returns and minimizing customer prices, all while keeping costs down. If individuals want to go off-grid prepper-style, that's fine too.
Thank You for the great TED talk...
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Every country should try to use solar energy in all things and try to minimise carbon fuels.
Governments have a role here. On the Caribbean islands the rich are autonomous thanks to solar+batteries which drives up energy prices for the regular customers who rely on utilities. Mini grids are often successful in these cases, see the RMI/IREC supported projects in Puerto Rico, but the government needs to allow breaking the utility monopoly.
I bought my own solar panels in 2012 ( 4 Kw peak). I have generated almost 49 megawatts since then but I don't have battery storage. If the UK government was realistic about our energy demands it would stop throwing our money away on idiotic and wasteful schemes and subsidise us with batteries.
I am looking into these schemas and not sure if they are reliable but I am kin to install solar panels to my property. Do you have any recommendation or a company you rely on for this work?
@@giovabusi I live near Bristol and used Solarsense. Many firms have come and gone but SS still trades. Everything about them was top notch. Find a good local company and ask for references. The feed in tariff I get is ridiculously high but it isn't now. Panel costs have come down sharply and efficiency has gone up. If you go for it you'll love doing your washing, dishwashing making your tea etc. and it's all for free !
@@AlanJan_UK_49 I am up in Stoke and I have seen plenty of houses with panels installed so I started to get attached by the idea of having it as well. Thank you for the advice, I will look into it and try to contact some local company as well.
@@giovabusi If you own your own property whatever you do DON'T fall for the free solar panels ads. Keep your roof yours.
Batteries should not be subsidized at the moment. I got solar panels installed last month. I inquired to an instalation company about getting battery storage and was told: it's not worth it. "Just use the grid as your "battery". You get credit when you produce more than you need and will need to buy when the panels don't produce enough."
The solar salesman actually told me he'd refer me to another company that could set up a natural gas generator if I wanted full backup, should the electricity grid go down.
Thank you
I don't know how I ended up here, but I'm not leaving
dietary choices are also important (or even essential) in the fight against climate change. which of the following levels can you do for the planet?
- level 1: avoid red meat, as it is by far the worst food for the planet. this is the least we should all do.
- level 2: be vegetarian, thus avoiding all meat and fish.
- level 3: be vegan, thus avoiding all animal products.
+ warning: if you decide to try a vegan diet, i would recommend the following supplements: a multivitamin, a choline supplement, calcium from tofu and fortified plant milks (or a calcium supplement), vitamin D if you don't spend enough time in the sun (this varies based on your latitude), 1 or 2 algae oil capsules for the long chain omega3s (which is where fish get their omega3s from), and finally a weekly b12 supplement (2000 mcg of cyanocobalamin taken once a week on an empty stomach).
No thanks
ah, the cult is here. the healthiest level of vegetarian is octo-lavo pescatarian. Vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, fish, eggs, and milk. Any less and you are missing nutrients.
You make me to want to eat more meat!
@ i guess you don't wanna help the climate?
@HakuCell well, I guess you don't want to be healthy and help in other ways.
Great talk!!!!
So, what about prices drop on energy bills? If they are using a much more efficient and free way to get this energy, why the prices just keep going up? I know there is maintenance but could be cheaper to the end customer.
And herein lies a real problem with solar in the US: You hear so much about it being a cheap or free way to generate electricity, but there is no good path for a typical homeowner or consumer to realize these elusive savings. If you have solar panels installed it is very expensive at best and there are many dodgy companies you could fall prey to. Even if the install goes very well it may be 20+ years to realize any savings, if ever. If you try to install a few Harbor Freight panels yourself there is a substantial learning curve and many hidden costs. If you try to buy solar-generated electricity from your supplier your bills go way up.
I haven't seen an economically attractive path to solar power available so far.
Because, corruption. 😬
Main reason are investor owner utilities which dominate the US market.
It's explained in the video using Pakistan as an example.
It all comes down to the laws of whatever country you happen to be in. In the UK prices are set by whatever the most expensive source on the grid happens to be at the time.
More solar is good. Any encouragement is helpful.
Excellent news. It's great to see the impact of batteries
No matter how hard and experience electricity in Pakistan but the nation has realized that solar is future and we as Pakistani are pioneer in accepting the climate change effects and act proactively to protect precious glaciers and the future nations to come. World must realize that carbon emissions increases high temperatures and unpredicted weather patterns.
I live in a region where cold weather circle was about 90 days it has reduced to 70 days it will definitely effect wheet crops and early harvesting.
Climate change is real act now
"What does 50 degrees Celsius feel like?
Extreme Heat: At 50 degrees Celsius, you would experience intense heat. The air would feel scorching, and any physical contact with surfaces exposed to direct sunlight could burn your skin. Difficulty Breathing: In such extreme heat, the air can become dry and stifling, making it difficult to breathe comfortably. " May 28, 2015
It fully depends on humidity. If the air is extremely dry, like in a desert, 50°C is bearable... some people live their life with such daytime temperatures... and without A/C.
If it is humid, then a human can die in minutes!
The experience can be done in a sauna... and I have done it. Heat the sauna to 50°C, and it feels almost cold, because the air is very dry! Heat them the sauna to 130°C, and it is hard for a non-Finn to stay more than 5 mn. But then, add a single ladle of water on the hot stones, and you are a hero if you stay a single minute!
@@st-ex8506 ether way 50 celsius is 120 F and that's serious hot. i've lived in the mojave desert and yes dry heat isn't as bad a humid. but it's not healthy.
I hear people talk about how cheap it is getting but have yet to see United States sellers/installers relaying that cheapness. The initial cost is so high that it negates the reason to switch. Maybe someone who lives in the United States, particularly the southern states, can share a company that uses quality products and offers everything at a reasonable rate?
Will prowes of UA-cam teaches everything you need to know about solar. And he was living in a van for nearly a decade so he knows how to build cheap DIY.. i learned to build my 10kw hybrid set up thanks to him and some others like off-grid garage
Installed capacity is really a useless term. Produced energy is really what matters and compare it to all other energy sources.
It is impossible to know how much solar electricity is REALLY produced. The grid authority keeps statistics on only the power that transit through the gris. All auto-consumption is ignored, be it a single solar panel on a garden shed, or a few thousands on a factory's roof. I leave in France, and I do not sell any power to the grid...my production is hence statistically ignored!
Installed capacity can be approximately known from the sales of panels in a country. And the generated energy calculated by multiplying the installed base by the average panel efficiency in said country.
It's all about economics. As the price comes down, it will meet the needs of more people, utilities and countries on a greater and greater basis. Batteries will further extend this.
More cost effective cold weather sodium batteries will even extend it more.
Spot the analyst-nerd having to give a presentation :-) Jenny is great, and really knows her stuff (and accidentally fell into a really interesting job answering a fairly random job advert 20 years ago). Panels have indeed got crazy-cheap, and batteries have got _waaay_ cheaper over the last few years, but inverters, scaffolding, electrics, copper and electricians haven't got much cheaper in the last decade so increasingly dominate. I just installed 7kWp of rooftop PV and 16kWh of battery, with off-grid capability and UPS failover in the UK for £4500. I had 2.9kWp installed in 2010 and it was £14000. The new system should pay for itself in under 4 years monetarily. 8yrs in emissions terms (total system embodied emissions 8 tonnes). We can run for about 4-5 days of grey dinge before needing to import from the grid, but there have been two 5-day dinges so far this winter.
Solar energy = green planet = better life
Early investment in Adaxum feels smart.
I built a small system, and I find it quite expensive. It seems a larger installed system can have a 20 year payback.
Def agree with that final line in regards to batteries. They will be a fundamental game changer. I myself have a battery ready system and as soon as I’m done paying off my solar system. I’ll be getting a battery installed. I’ll be looking at a 15kw battery so that I can participate in a virtual power plant scheme. For 90% of the year, a 10kw would suit me fine, but the 15kw will give me more peace of mind and allow me to monetize my investment.
And it does not count self made unofficial installations, like my 17kWp home system🤭
Bought ADX during the presale. Solid project so far!
Im with “Energy Australia”, and I am still getting charged huge bills even with the smart meter and solar panels. Im sure they think i own the neighbours shed with EV Jeep and EV farm machinery inside.
What are your monthly electrical kilowatt imports and exports? How many watts of solar do you have? What is your property's size? Are your running a ranch or renting a small urban bungalow?
Have the guts & try to go off-grid, otherwise, they're treating you as a ''cash cow'' Battery storage is the best solution in such a case.
I'm in Victoria and I switch to a cheaper provider every 12 to 18 months. Also I have app on my phone that talks to the smart meter and it shows how much power I'm using and records it hour by hour thru the day. In order for the app to work you need a bluetooth transmitter added to the smart meter which was done without cost to me.
Fossil fuel entities most likely won't just sit idly by. They will mostly likely fight dirty, which is happening today in some countries like the US. We need to be diligent.
I live in Nigeria and it is cheaper to use solar power than use fossil fuels on the longer run
If solar panels produced energy at one cent per kilowatt hour, and batteries were in place that could store it for three cents per kilowatt hour, and you could distribute the energy over a large area to the user at five cents per kilowatt hour, The world would beat a path to your door. But without usable batteries at scale, and without a decent distribution system, solar power will only be an increment addition to the grid. Though I think we desperately need it, I think we need to be very realistic. There is a lot of work to still be done.
Solar energy is cheap. But, only if you don't include the cost of making it reliable and continuous. Please review Moss Landing, California right now to see the largest battery fire in world history (P.S. this is nowhere near where the LA fires are occuring).
What about the town of Centralia for one of the longest coal fires?
I wonder if China among other countries are going to lead with clean energy production over the US with this new change of administration
My guess is they already do, at least if we look at emissions from energy production per person. They consume far less energy than USAian people, per person. Generally the Chinese have lower emissions per person than the USA by far, also historical/cumulative. This is why it's hypocrisy when certain US people (not saying this is you) react to emission reductions with the "but what about China"-argument. It's fair to criticise China for many things, but "being a large single population" isn't one of them. Their emissions wouldn't change if they split up into several US-sized or smaller populations. The imballance gets even worse when we consider that much of China's emissions are due to producing the things that people in the USA import.
China installed more wind, solar, nuclear power last year than the entire rest of the world combined.
They also purchased more electric cars, heat pumps, induction stoves than the rest of the world combined.
The panels are cheap, the inverters and installation cost are now a significant part of the total cost. Adding batteries is still expensive, but battery prices are falling.
I intend to buy my solar installation in the Philippines in a few weeks time. There is plenty of potential for roof top solar in the Philippines. Sadly the energy companies are not stimulating it.
I see a lot of Pakistani posting about solar on social media. There is a lot of interest there. What is needed in poorer countries right now are hybrid inverters that do not require batteries, so an inverter that can take the panel DC power and convert it directly to AC power and has a switch so it can be used on-grid and can also operate when the grid goes down while the panels generate enough power.
Best way to save energy is to save on energy usage.
How about rationing energy to the super rich? Short of that, charge them 500 times the cost to ordinary users because they earn 500 times more?
Insulation and air sealing And is about 1/4 the price of solar.
Or do both.
You can reduce general consumption.
But you can also be more efficient to reduce consumption.
And often the consumption reduction from more efficient use, also reduces consumption even more.
Like how not using fuel means no more shipping fuel, which reduces fuel.
@@5353Jumper Agreed. I renovated a 1903 house including adding 3.9 kWp of solar. But the insulation added really made the difference. I got a check for about $100 for my excess production above consumption last year. That's at the wholesale rate. The house is now all electric: heat pump heat/cool, heat pump water heater, induction cooktop etc.
Probably solar is cheap outside of the U.S…. In America, the starting cost of solar systems installation is somewhere between $20k-$30k 😅 and it’s getting more expensive every year because of tariffs and other economical/ political factors.
Wow, you really are getting screwed. I installed a 10kw system here in Australia 5years ago and it paid for itself in 2 years. Cost me 10.5k Aus, or about $6.5k USD. Now just waiting for batteries to go down.
You know, she does have a couple of points. I think I'll invest in solar energy!
Adaxum’s focus on real utility is impressive.
You can not talk about solar without discussing the systemic problems. With a high penetration of solar panels on rooftops grid operators have to curtail or charge homeowners to take the power, so the homeowner needs batteries which is fine so you add the battery price to have a system that can supply when needed to your own home and the grid, then there are the periods when there is no sun….. what then. Solar is a part solution and better the closer you are to the equator. I have some solar but I accept it is no solution in the winter at 55 deg N…..
Of course! In northern latitudes, solar MUST be coupled with wind generation. the great thing is that they tend to be complementary. If the sun shines during the day, and les in the winter time, wind blows more at night and in the winter! I you look at the monthly aggregate of wind+solar generation in Europe, it is remarkably even all months of the year!
@ there is a seasonal complementary position however periods of no sun and no wind are in fact a certainty and occur every year for extended periods.. it is for this reason that standby generation is required up and above of pumped hydro and batteries. The reality is the backup generation should be costed against wind and Solar to account for their inability to be reliable. To ignore this is to walk into a disaster of impending blackouts and massive energ6 prices 5he elderly and poor can not afford. Renewables are expensive because they are not reliable and will always need alternate backup.
Is that a strategy ???
E-commerce and ADX make sense.
I have solar panels on my house
Es wäre ja schon, wenn es so wäre. Leider subventionieren wir in Deutschland seit 30 Jahren Photovoltaik und es funktioniert immer noch nicht ohne Protektionismus und ohne staatliche Förderung 🤷🏻♀️
isn't the goal to end climate change as soon as possible. and for the next few years there will be huge cuts in gov't subsidies of solar and wend by the gov't.
Mein Balkonkraftwerk widerspricht dir...
Protektionismus? Es kommt aus China.
Subventionen? Es würde sich auch rechnen, wenn ich Mehrwertsteurer darauf gezahlt hätte.
Und es funktioniert wunderbar. 😊
Presales like Adaxum don’t come often. Don’t sleep on this one!
No it's not. We've paid approximately 70k USD for solar panels and now only providing cost saving of approximately 150 USD per month. So it will take 470 months or about 40 years even before break even.
I see a solar boom in Ukraine
Expensive in Ghana AFAIK
Well done thank you
This presale has legs-Adaxum could deliver real gains.
The problem is not the cost of solar power generation. The problem is the grid adequacy in transmission and distribution of this power and in the market pricing mechanism. All considered, solar and wind projects are barely profitable compared to oil and gas projects. That's why solar adoption is so slow outside China.
does the number of dollars Darren Woods and his collogues spend on propaganda and campaign donations/bribes make a difference in the growth of solar and wind?
Australia is outside China.
Of the ca. 60 GW of new utility-scale capacity added in 2024 in the USA, over 60% was solar, 12% wind, 15% battery storage (ok... I know it can be debater if it is appropriate to put battery capacity in the same category as primary generating assets... I didn't make up the statistics, EIA did), only 4% natural gas... and 0% coal.
During the same year, 7.6 GW of grid-scale generating capacity was retired, of which 50% was natural gas, 37% coal, and 8% oil-fired.
So, it seems that wind and solar projects are pretty profitable in the USA also. The same in Australia... and pretty much across Europe... even Finland, the northernmost country in the world, installed over 1 GW of solar last year!
Lol not as a home consumer
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You can’t do that here in the US 😂
CA and TX are doing it.
Of course you can, and it is being done at HUGE scale!
Of the ca. 60 GW of new utility-scale capacity added in 2024 in the USA, over 60% was solar, 12% wind, 15% battery storage (ok... I know it can be debate whether it is appropriate to put battery capacity in the same category as primary generating assets... I didn't make up the statistics, EIA did), only 4% natural gas... and 0% coal.
Stop using the word cheap if you're going to make a real argument, especially a financial one.
Brilliant, the sooner this happens the sooner the fantasy will be over and stop wasting everyone's money.
A dress with pockets! The future is now.
It has pockets 😂
Nuclear
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I don't know how I ended up here, but I shouldn't have as I wanted to learn about solar energy price not about solar panel trafficking!
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So is nuclear
If there is sun nuclear no thanks
Perhaps existing nuclear certainly not new nuclear even SMRs are barely viable, and we still can't deal with the waste products. Fusion will eventually help replace the current set of nuclear power stations as they need to be decommissioned at huge expense. Solar and wind are by far the cheapest way to produce electricity, as enough storage comes on line the intermittantcy 'problem' will go away.
Nuclear power plants are usually privately owned businesses with shareholders to have to pay out from the huge profits they make, personally I'd rather have solar panels so I can harvest my own energy for free to run my home and car. Who doesn't like free, unless of course you like handing over all your hard earned money to big businesses every month.
@AndrewGBradley storage increases costs and decreases efficiency of the system. I personally have solar panels on my roof and have worked building commercial scale wind and solar farms, so I am a supporter of increased renewables. I do acknowledge their intermitancy though.
Nuclear, particularly SMRs, are an excellent option for base load, 24/7 power for grids.
Natural gas power generation is excellent for peaker plants and, where an electricity grid is established, the most reliable electricity source that is "easy" and economical to adjust its output.
My solar panels have a combined maximum output of 5.67 kW. It is a cloudy winter day at 10:00 AM when I post this and they are only producing 121 W of power; barely enough to run the three bulb light fixture above my kitchen table!
When the halogen bulbs burn out I will replace them with LEDs. This summer i expect my panels to produce substantially more power and, over the course of one year, 80-90% of my electrical needs should be covered by them.
I am connected to a quite reliable electrical grid though.
Just Google Sizewell C and the anticipiated cost overrun and you know nuclear is not the future
i know this isn’t related to the video, but i’ve been seeing Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki mentioned in so many comment sections lately. i thought it was just hype until i finally gave it a shot. honestly, the book blew me away. it’s all about understanding your energy and how to naturally draw people and opportunities toward you. it’s not some overnight fix, but you start to notice little shifts in how people respond to you, and it just builds from there.
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We need less money in fire and police and more I solar 🎉🎉😂😂😂 🤡
You're right, it's not related to the video.
Delightfully one-sided.
she doesn’t say wash, maintenance and recycling. its totally misleading information.
you have been totally mis-informed, bro! PV panels are 95% recycled as aluminium and glass. Trace metals are recycled as well. My town council actually takes them away for free, as they have a net gain reselling the retrieved materials. Wash?!? 2 bucks per kW once a year. Do your math homeworks.
This is misleading. Solar panels take up large swaths real estate it has to be near a fossil fuel burning plant when the sun doesn’t shine. If you only look at the cost of solar panels, you’re only saying a tiny fraction of the picture.
and yet solar keeps growing and growing. bye bye fossil fuels.
@ it’s growing because of government subsidies.
@ are you missing the reason for going solar and wind? do you remember the thing called climate change? the historic weather catastrophes that break record after record? do you have children?
Not a word on storage costs for the said solar energy? What a one-sided argument.
something called batteries.
9min waste of time and oxygen!
oh, sad
Happy I got in early with ADX.
i know this is kinda off-topic, but i kept seeing comments about Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki in videos like this, and i finally decided to read it. honestly, it’s one of those books where you don’t realize how much it’s helping until you start noticing people treating you differently. it’s like the book shows you how to unlock a version of yourself you didn’t even know was there. subtle, but so effective.
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But is it ever reliable?
See Tony Seba.
Yes it’s reliable. You can store the power generated in batteries or storage units for later use
I run PV since 2007... I gained a heck of money. Find an online calculator and you'll be surprised.
Aren't solar panels, and the batteries that make them, come from mining in Africa, shipping it to China, and shipping it around the world so it fails within a decade and doesn't decompose? Batteries also have a maximum charge cycle amount until they don't hold charge. They also don't work well when dirty, and require a lot of water to keep solar panels clean.
Meanwhile, I've got a few good friends in Pak, and their electrical grid isn't on par with The West, so they're supplementing or have the money for it. Thus sounds like more of an advert since there's not a single mention of nuclear.
Nuclear needs massive amounts of water for cooling. And if you think disposing of solar panels is a hassle then try disposing of a nuclear power station.
No solar is made from silica sand, same material as in the worlds deserts and beaches, it’s the most abundant material in the world hence the low cost. It ‘decomposes’ back into sand
so a power plant does not need being replaced. Things do not wear out? a lot of water?/ not in my experience but I guess results may vary. we do need a better battery and for that the future looks bright. Until then Iron phosphate will do.
Solar still represents a tiny percentage of overall world energy production. She gives the impression it’s a slam dunk. Bearing in mind a panel if you are lucky lasts 20 years you will forever be trying to keep up replacement. Nuclear or hopefully fusion is our only long term option.
Solar power surpassed coal in Europe in 2024 for power generation, and production is doubling every three years or so. Exponential growth means it won’t be a “tiny percentage” for long. Prices have fallen 90% in a decade, and will continue to fall as production increases. And panels last far longer than 20 years! Panels carry 25-30 year warranties these days, and those warranties guarantee that they will continue to produce 80-90% of their original output. But think about it… a solar panel has no moving parts or chemical reactions. It’s a handful of silicon cells, connected by a little bit of wire, sandwiched between a couple of panes of glass. It’s hardly more complex than a window! Solar panels built in the 1980s are still in use today.
Not only that but batteries to store the energy aren’t cheap and don’t last a long enough time. Solar panels also use quartz so while we are feeling good about doing the right thing, colonizers in Africa are pillaging native people to control their resources like quartz to be mined for green energy. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be. I’m not saying we should abandon the progress but we cannot keep promoting band aids
As of 2023 it was 5.5% which is not as tiny as you might think given that some sources such as hydroelectric (which provides more than 50%) are not going to be replaced by solar.
You are incorrect that panels only last 20 years. In reality there is a gradual drop off of power produced and some panels loose up to 10% of their output over 20 years whereas others are much better loosing for example only 7% in 25 years.
But the reality is that by then new panels will be much cheaper so it will be trivial to replace them. The reality is that even now, panels are really cheap and the main cost of a full solar system is the batteries and labor (depending on where you live).
Nuclear is much more expensive so if you go that route expect to pay about 3X as much for your power. And yes, nuclear plants don't last for ever either so your argument is fundamentally flawed.
@@dshesser 1. I think you mean cobalt, not quartz. (Quartz is EVERYWHERE!) Lithium-ion batteries have shifted away from cobalt to LFP (lithium iron phosphate) chemistry, because cobalt is rare and expensive and has human rights issues.
2. Battery prices have fallen as sharply as solar panels, and continue to do so. Lithium batteries are now 99% cheaper than they were 30-odd years ago when they were first introduced - cheap enough that they make a more economical replacement for running fossil gas plants at night. Even the small batteries California has gotten reduced their fossil gas consumption over 40% in 2024 alone.
3. Batteries don’t need to be made of lithium! Grid-scale stationary batteries don’t need to optimize for weight or charge/discharge speeds, so they can use even cheaper chemistry, with much more common materials like iron/air, sodium, zinc, etc.
It’s hard to overstate the importance of Wright’s Law and its impact on mass-production things like solar panels and batteries. Prices for both will eventually approach cost-of-materials.
@@dshesser You do know that sand is quartz? Please stop spreading misinformation. As an African myself with rooftop solar I can assure you that it is fantastic.
No it isn't.
That may be but it's not cheap enough nor does it last long enough. As the leading scientists & commentators say Renewables need help from Nuclear & taxes on Carbon to be returned to the General public. Without that it's clear we will not succeed. My energy company is Ecotricity, also interested in 'Ripple' that allows customers to share in solar, windmills et al. Most interested in long-batteries for the grid.. 'Undecided' by Matt Ferrell has an interesting report on the potential of Nickel batteries after new breakthroughs.
i know this isn’t what the video’s about, but i had to mention how i kept seeing Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki in comments everywhere. curiosity got the better of me, and i finally read it. it’s wild how much it changes your mindset and the way you come across to others. it’s not about pretending to be confident-it’s about genuinely building that energy so it shows naturally. definitely worth all the buzz it’s been getting.
are you also @AnmolpreetsinghAnmolpreetsingh
The Adaxum presale feels like a solid investment opportunity.
It's cheap per watt delivered. It's not cheap if you actually need to run a 24/7 /365 grid.
this might be a bit unrelated, but i kept seeing Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki popping up in comments everywhere, so i decided to check it out. the book’s all about working on your energy and presence, and it’s way more practical than i expected. after applying what it teaches, i’ve noticed people are more drawn to me, and i feel more confident without trying too hard. it’s been such a low-key but powerful shift
wont work well until a good storage system,,,,,,Batteries too expensive,,,,gravity and chemical storage only way,,,build gravity structures
ADX could be a game-changer.
Adaxum looks like a strong long-term play with its unique use case.
ADX presale is going strong!
ADX: early stage, huge potential.
Adaxum is looking like one of the better new projects out there.
Adaxum is starting to make waves.
Solid utility backing ADX’s potential.
ADX is a solid bet.
The combination of DeFi and E-commerce makes Adaxum stand out.
Adaxum tokens are a great addition to any diversified portfolio.
Adaxum could see a major breakout soon.
ADX: low risk, high reward.