Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory - eviltoast
  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 months ago

    I don’t know how EU grids interoperate so this could be irrelevant:

    There is a fear, with this sort of thing, of falling into the innovators curse. By moving first/fastest (especially when it comes to infrastructure) you make all the mistakes, have the oldest equipment, and the most technical debt. Now if Germany is able to make a market (that didn’t previously exist) out of this excess daytime generation they could get undercut by a neighbor who learned from all of Germany’s mistakes and who bought newer, more efficient panels. Which would effectively take Germany’s costs associated with making the new market and set the money on fire.

    Basically the fear of capitalism can be as detrimental as the capitalism.