I think the factory should be putting solar panels up immediately with an subsidy from the Govt and whoever the electricity company who supplies them should give them a huge discount in order to keep those jobs. Honestly surely there is a way round this. Also apparently the snow is great at the moment. Lots of snow bunnies enjoying the s…
I think the factory should be putting solar panels up immediately with an subsidy from the Govt and whoever the electricity company who supplies them should give them a huge discount in order to keep those jobs. Honestly surely there is a way round this. Also apparently the snow is great at the moment. Lots of snow bunnies enjoying the slopes. Let's hope it gives the town a bit of joy and fills the koffers of locals.
Aotea Great Barrier Island is off the grid completely and has a large array of panels powering a group of shops, the gas station and a variety of businesses while saving power. It can be done and businesses should be getting interest free loans to go off grid.
Thing is- these kind of industrial users do use vast amounts of electricity- far more than a roof-full of panels could provide. Their power bill probably exceeds their wages bill even in normal times tbh (just me guessing). More hydro / storage + field-scale solar +wind, is probably the only way to get the power levels required. The great thing about electricity networks is they naturally work in both directions (distribution to users and aggregation to storage facilities from small-scale producers) but such operations are not commercially compatible with the current business model.
I think the factory should be putting solar panels up immediately with an subsidy from the Govt and whoever the electricity company who supplies them should give them a huge discount in order to keep those jobs. Honestly surely there is a way round this. Also apparently the snow is great at the moment. Lots of snow bunnies enjoying the slopes. Let's hope it gives the town a bit of joy and fills the koffers of locals.
Aotea Great Barrier Island is off the grid completely and has a large array of panels powering a group of shops, the gas station and a variety of businesses while saving power. It can be done and businesses should be getting interest free loans to go off grid.
Great for GB, but who funded it?
the people who live there, mostly.
And it's kinda expensive to just exist there.
Thing is- these kind of industrial users do use vast amounts of electricity- far more than a roof-full of panels could provide. Their power bill probably exceeds their wages bill even in normal times tbh (just me guessing). More hydro / storage + field-scale solar +wind, is probably the only way to get the power levels required. The great thing about electricity networks is they naturally work in both directions (distribution to users and aggregation to storage facilities from small-scale producers) but such operations are not commercially compatible with the current business model.