2026-07-11 22:24 UTC
Solar can do a lot to displace daytime fossil fuel use, and batteries can help it push into the evening, but solar + storage is not necessarily cheaper than gas in the US today. We shouldn't oversell how much folks electricity prices will decline near-term with renewables.
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@hausfath@fediscience.org 2026-07-11 22:24
Similarly, many places have big seasonal differences in generation. In California where I live we get half as much solar generation in the winter compared to the summer. Seasonal storage is still quite expensive.