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[–] Venicon@lemmy.world 27 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

Good news perhaps but I’m sure I won’t see any benefit in Scotland, still thousands to add solar panels.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 10 points 23 hours ago

You know, if you people wanna ditch the Kingdom and join the club, I don't think it's too late.

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Yup. Average here in south US is 25k for a home system without battery backup.

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[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

For electricity generation: Solar across the UK was about 5% in last year, while Wind was about 29% and Nuclear 13.9%, and hydro 1.3% - so 49.2% of electricity generation over the last 12 months was carbon neutral.

That's a huge success story - still a long way to go, particularly as that does not include Gas burned in homes, but the UK is moving in the right direction. And Scotland is a huge source of Wind & Hydro power for the whole country.

So even if the barriers to solar in your home are still high, the grid is getting cleaner and cleaner every year. There are also community projects installing wind generators which you can join/invest in if you do want to try and get a slice of cleaner energy and solar is not realistic.

Edit: Source on UK electricity generation: https://www.energydashboard.co.uk/historical Good data on UK electricity generation

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

Installation the trouble. Roofing is expensive. Next time you have to redo the roof: then it's time

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[–] Apathy@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Assuming these prices are ideal for a solar grid, which EU country(s) would have the highest chance of shifting towards solar; I wonder

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (4 children)

Any good store that will sell me a super cheap and good set including inverter here in Germany? I mean they're on Amazon for 250€, but maybe there is a better shop?

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