http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/breaking-the-logjam-on-10mw-of-california-solar-storage-projects
"Since this spring, those utilities have been requiring any net-metered solar power projects that include batteries to go through a lengthy and expensive process to prove their batteries aren’t feeding stored grid power back to the utility, while getting credited for delivering green, solar-generated electrons." On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Blaze Spinnaker <[email protected]>wrote: > It's actually interesting, but PV batteries are getting so good some > utilities are disallowing systems which feedback energy into the grid via > these batteries because homeowners are actually arbitraging. They're > actually charging their batteries off the grid and then selling back into > it when prices are higher. > > > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote: > >> There is a lot to be said for PV solar, but it cannot meet 100% of our >> energy needs unless an improved battery comes along. Because the sun goes >> away at night. >> >> It can meet a large fraction of our needs, especially in places such as >> Nevada, where peak demand occurs when the sun is brightest and air >> conditioning is needed. >> >> Solar water heating is a neglected resource. It should be more common in >> Florida and the Southwest. It is very common in Japan. I think it is common >> in Australia these days. >> >> - Jed >> >> >
