Xatolos@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoGermany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territorymarkets.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down16
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkGermany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territorymarkets.businessinsider.comXatolos@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squareTabula_stercore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months ago Sure, we don’t have 100% efficient energy storage, but we certainly have technology that does the job. We only need about 40% overall efficiency to beat the theoretical limit of fossil fuel counterparts. ( <40% car engine, ≈40% power station )
We only need about 40% overall efficiency to beat the theoretical limit of fossil fuel counterparts.
( <40% car engine, ≈40% power station )