Re: Wind Solar unreliable compared to Gas Coal Nuclear
"Jim Wilkins" <[email protected]> Mon, 8 Jan 2024 17:58:38 -0500
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"Scout" wrote in message news:[email protected]... Ok.. and how much are you going to spend on getting and maintaining such a system? How large will it need to be to charge your EV each day as well? So now you're effectively paying twice as much for electricity.. what was the benefit again? --------------------------------- The break-even point to operate my system is between $0.20 and $0.30 per KWH, depending on claimed vs realized battery life, which in turn depends on how much I can squeeze from them with monitoring and careful maintenance. Lead-acids have lasted me up to 15 years. It will never repay its capital cost (which was less than a riding mower) but neither will a backup generator, they are for independent reliability rather than economics.