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Having to pay for giving solar energy back (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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it's weird, but legal for some reason. Giving back energy to the grid can cost money. Shy of just stacking a bunch of batteries, what could I do with the spare summer sunlight?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Indoor vertical gardens (LEDs), heat storage (insulated water tank) and any other method of storing energy you'd like to explore (batteries can be myriad of systems/devices - exploring these are good investment for your mind and maybe (if successful) for your home)

BTW, where are you that it's OK to charge you? In my state (US), it becomes refund for any energy to you DO use from the grid

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Usually it's in places where it's so unusual to feed back power to the grid that the grid isn't adjusted to it, or the local regulations aren't updated for it, so you either have to make sure you don't feed back power or you need a completely different electricity contract with higher connection fees so household solar can't pay back enough to cover the fees. It used to be a problem in parts of Sweden a decade ago, but now it's mostly fixed here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It's never been a thing up until recently, and this change happened in the middle of a political voting/reform cycle thing. I am expecting this to be rectified in the coming year