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In New Record, Solar and Wind Generated More Electricity Than Coal for First 5 Months of Year (www.ecowatch.com)
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Solar and wind power generation has set a new record, with more power generated than coal for the first five months of 2023.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The last line of the article I can personally attest to. I am trying to install solar panels on my house and the interconnection approval has taken over 8 months and I expect the overall project will be well over a year. It was originally planned to be up and running in 6 months.

[โ€“] eleitl 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I haven't bothered with approval and installed an illegal 1.6 kWp system, and illegally (but safely) have the meter running backwards some of the time. Averaging 6 kWh/day so far. So make about half of the electricity I consume in a year.

I will probably add some storage next year, or so.