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I have two solar panels that can generate around 960w/hr. Both panels cost around $400 ($200x2). Cheap.

Storing that energy is quite expensive. an Anker Solix 3800, which is around 3.8kwh, costs $2400 USD. To store 10kwh would cost $7200 USD (which gets us more than 10kwh).

If that cost asymmetry can come down then it becomes feasible to use solar power to provide cheap/local electricity in poor countries at a house scale.

parent mannyv 10 months ago

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