Australian households in three states will be promised access to at least three hours a day of free solar power, regardless of whether they have rooftop panels, the federal government has announced.
The “solar sharer” offer will be available to homes with smart meters – which is the majority of homes – in New South Wales, south-east Queensland and South Australia from July next year, with other areas to potentially follow in 2027.
The government said Australians could schedule appliances such as washing machines, dishwashers and air conditioners and charge electric vehicles and household batteries during this time.
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Make a business that pumps water up hill for 3 hours and sell it back at night?
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=fpas&q=snowy+hydro+2.0&ia=web
working on it, bazillion over budget and tbc years late.
i think we have some smaller pumped hydro projects that aren’t a cluster fuck.
batteries are just cheaper and less risky.
But don’t last as long…
This works a lot better. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium-ion_battery
Says they’re good for 2-5 years for full daily cycling.
Not bad not super… Pump and turbines still sounds more eco.
Sounds more eco maybe, significantly less efficient, and the amount of area you’d need would be pretty massive. You lose energy to the pump and the turbine. Chemical energy storage is the most efficient, the batteries can be recycled. Lithium iron phosphate batteries are another option. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_iron_phosphate_battery