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In response to "We had a nuclear power station just down the coast. They shut it down. I know we're trying to go with clean energy but we're not quite up to speed yet" by Meg

there's so much solar here it's getting to the point that it could overload the grid. they're changing the incentives to encourage batteries now.

Posted by mafic Sep 6 '20, 20:10

killing buyback prices during the day and increasing them after 3pm, decreasing panel rebates, increasing battery rebates, etc.

I think around 30% of houses have solar, and on peak days it's the state's single biggest source of electricity.

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What happened to the solar grids Elon was going to put in for free? Did he? -- nm - jnine Sep 6, 20:11 3
- that was batteries, 100 megawatts in 100 days or it's free. he did it over in South Australia. they're expanding it by 50% this year. - mafic Sep 6, 20:43 2
  - There was also a program to provide solar to up to 50k homes in South Australia that wouldn't cost the homeowners. - TWuG Sep 6, 20:46 1
    - that was a deal with the SA government I think. they were installing on social housing to start. SA has good battery rebates now. still not quite - mafic Sep 6, 21:25

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there's so much solar here it's getting to the point that it could overload the grid. they're changing the incentives to encourage batteries now.

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