I live in NZ where nuclear electricity generation is not an option and where solutions have to be found that are sustainable. Most of our electricity is generated by hydro-electric dams but as we move towards needing more electricity (it seems minimising use is in the too-hard basket) we are being asked to consider “solutions” such as Marsden B – a proposed coal fired power station. What I want to know is, why cant electricity companies make a deal with us to install solar panels on our roofs which can contribute to the national grid daily? Obviously electricity is difficult to store but there must be a more sustainable and economically friendly way to deliver electricity to homes without sacrificing the planet.
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Thats a nice idea! but the point is that even nows solar panels are quite expensive.
When some cheap method for manufactring them comes into fray, then your idea will certainly become a reality, not only in New Zealand but all over the world.
I think the main reason is that it is a builder who is building your home and not the electricity company. Unless they pass legislation requiring solar panels to be mandatory, it will always only be a rarely used option and not the norm.
Congrats first of all for thinking abt solution, but the electricity generated from solar panel on ur roofs will not be suficient to contribute grid because for connecting to the grid there r many factors which r to be considered. But u can generate power for ur owned house but it may find quite expensive but contributing to the grid not possible!!!!
I don’t know about NZ, but in the US, the answer is greed. Our electric companies make record profits, pay their executives immense bonuses, and in Texas they want to build numerous coal fired plants to keep the money flow going.
I believe the idea of solar power to run homes is very doable. If we started really pushing in that area, we could have smaller and smaller cells making more power.
As to cloudy days or night, how about this solution? First work to make the cells efficient enough to pick every bit of light during the day. When the power isn’t used it’s routed into batteries. During the war, they ran submarines underwater on batteries charged by the diesels for twelve hours or more. That was sixty years ago. Here we’d just be changing the power source for the charge.