Portugal did it!

Iceni John
Iceni John Solar Expert Posts: 103 ✭✭
in General Solar Power Topics #1

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/18/portugal-runs-for-four-days-straight-on-renewable-energy-alone

So, Portugal has shown that an entire nation, albeit a relatively small one, can run off renewable energy for four days.   Yeah!

What nations will be next?   Germany, Denmark, Australia?   I suspect that USA won't be one of them . . .

John

40' Crown bus with 2kW of tiltable panels on the roof:

Eight Sharp 255W, two Morningstar TS-MPPT-60, Magnum MS2000, Champion C46540 generator converted to propane, eight golfcart batteries, and maybe a small Exeltech inverter for the fridger.

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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    #2
    And in the cloudy/rainy season ???

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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,613 admin
    #3
    Little old pessimist me...:

    https://stopthesethings.com/2016/05/01/denmark-slashes-wind-power-subsidies-to-curb-runaway-power-costs/

    europe power prices 2

    Another article about Germany's job/industry losses:

    https://stopthesethings.com/2016/04/11/germanys-wind-solar-obsession-killing-industry-thousands-of-real-jobs/

    High electrical/energy costs are not going to make for a good industrial/country economy.

    -Bill
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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  • westbranch
    westbranch Solar Expert Posts: 5,183 ✭✭✭✭
    #4
    The  2008 recession is still having an effect and will  ,imho,  continue for another 20 or  so years... from an Economist who said, ''ASK YOURSELF WHAT THE EFFECT WILL BE ON YOUR PERSONAL FINANCIAL SITUATION, AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU TO RECOVER THE 30 OR SO PERCENT YOU HAVE LOST?"
    I know I am still down a whack...

     
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