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 grea…
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.
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.