Posted on 10/12/2019 8:18:51 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Californians who screech about climate change were furious after discovering that the expensive solar panels they installed on their rooftops don’t work during a blackout unless they buy an equally expensive battery system.
This week, a mass power outage occurred when utility company PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric Co.) shut down the electric grid in Northern California to prevent wildfires, which have been ravaging the state.
The grid shutdown in 34 counties caused more than 738,000 area customers to lose power, KCRA reported.
The irony is that California’s insistence on solar panel installation has not helped at all during the forced grid shutdown.
Moreover, beginning in January 2020, California has made it mandatory for all new homes to be built with solar panels.
“Energy experts estimate that building solar panels can add another $10,000 to $15,000 to the cost of rebuilding,” according to Action News Now.
In other words, installing solar panels to combat climate change is not only more expensive, but has proven to be ineffective in helping maintain power during a blackout. So what’s the point?
(Excerpt) Read more at bizpacreview.com ...
It is a hallmark of every liberal that they are utterly incapable of foreseeing even the most obvious of consequences.
give them time and they will expand that to retrofit homes for resale.
If the power from the solar system can be put on the grid at all it has to be converted from DC to AC, and that means you should be able to use that power as needed for your home and not connected to the grid while the sun shines.
Ping
A rambling poorly written article. Ended it with my eyes crossed instead of the t’s.
You can also just go to the dark side.
The inverters need to synchronize with the AC on the power lines, otherwise if they are out of phase or off frequency they fight the grid power, to the detriment of everyone involved.
No 60Hz form the grid, no ability to run.
A local 60Hz oscillator and a bunch of electronics to disconnect from the mains during an outage, with detection of reestablishment of grid power, and re-synchronizing before reconnecting would solve that problem, but would increase system complexity and cost. Worse, a failure in any house's system could charge the lines and potentially electrocute repair workers who are patching known (as far as all their switches say) un-powered lines.
In CT a solar panel system that is dis-connected from the grid does not qualify for the subsidies and/or tax credits.
That is the reason I refused to install them.
I have no clue what the rules are in CA.
Not when the grid is shut down it’s like the solar panels being unplugged from the grid only batteries can help$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
If they aren’t now, chances are they will be in the near future for some stupid reason...right after they mandate electric cars for everyone.
That's why my system was as small as it was, just enough to not quite cover my usage.
It cut my bills way down and is old enough now to have paid for itself.
If I still lived there, I'd probably add enough panels to make PG&E pay me.
Here, in that state to the right of you? Our rates are low enough, it simply doesn't pencil to install solar.
Solar or Wind plus a beanie with a whirlie thingee.
The nitwittery is strong with these eco-losers.
This conservative knew it before he bought his. Back then it was rare that a misadventure cause the lights would go out for more than an hour or so, and inconceivable that they would be turned off for days on end by the very company that makes money on every kWH used!...
In Floriduh ...
We send metered power back into the grid in the daytime in the amount we are not using right then.
At night we only suck power from the grid, but we use up the excess credit we metered from the daytime.
In summer we strive to break even, all other seasons we generate more than we use in a 24 hour period.
In Florida we are allowed carryover month to month with a reset once a year where utility pays us 3c per kwh for the excess. That’s worth avoiding if you can use it.
But all year long, day in day out, we are getting retail value for everything we capture from the sun. No matter what we pay the monthly meter charge — same as if you had no solar.
Nope
“A local 60Hz oscillator and a bunch of electronics to disconnect from the mains during an outage, with detection of reestablishment of grid power, and re-synchronizing before reconnecting would solve that problem, but would increase system complexity and cost. “
This is the Xantrex xw6848. Got that.
Yeah.
The only reason FLT 93 didn’t take out congress was that the passengers knew the rules changed because of cellphone calls.
One of congress’ first acts was to ban cellphone use on commercial aircraft.
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