On: Requiem for a Solar Plant

[Dylan16807]

I didn't even say profitable. He can't get the ability to just hook up all the panels.

[kragen → Dylan16807]

He did get that ability. They just won't let him produce over 3 megawatts, making the plant unprofitable. It's a total clusterfuck.

[Dylan16807 → kragen]

That's a really pedantic answer. He can't properly hook up the panels.

[kragen → Dylan16807]

That's a simply incorrect answer. BESS, simple curtailment at peak hours, or angle diversity would solve the problem. If he'd known the problem was coming 18 months ago, it wouldn't be a problem.

[Dylan16807 → kragen]

> That's a simply incorrect answer.

Okay, how small of a connection would they have to restrict him to for me to be correct?

> BESS, simple curtailment at peak hours, or angle diversity would solve the problem.

That much extra curtailment is a major problem. That much extra angle diversity hurts output. Batteries are a workaround for not being able to properly hook up the panels.

[kragen → Dylan16807]

You'll have to do your own calculations based on your own site data.

Onsite BESS permits you to not only get by with a smaller hookup but also sell your energy at times when people are willing to pay for it.

[Dylan16807 → kragen]

> You'll have to do your own calculations based on your own site data.

I did my calculation already. It said that a 1/3 drop in hookup for panels that were already hookup-constrained is not a proper hookup.

Straightforward math.

[kragen → Dylan16807]

You're leaving out most of the relevant factors, presumably because you don't know them.

[Dylan16807 → kragen]

So are you.