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Re: Tariff on Chinese panels........
Yep. Canadians are mad at us for subsidizing dairy farmers here in the US, because then we can out-compete their farmers. So they have a 270% tariff on some dairy products if we ship more than we ag…1 · -
Re: Split to California energy politics (from kWH Grid Solar)
Agreed. It's not, for example, worth $150/mwhr (what they are paying now for nuclear) or $105/mwhr (coal.) The reason they are buying it in a very big way is that they can get it for $40/mwhr, even …2 · -
Re: Split to California energy politics (from kWH Grid Solar)
Currently subsidies are certainly needed to have solar make sense for cases like Massachusetts residential installations. But utility scale installations are already being built without subsidies. T…2 · -
Re: Outback Skybox
I believe Phase 1 of Rule 21 (the one that's in place now) does not require communications - just the grid support functionality. Phase 3 definitely does.1 · -
Re: Connecting solar panels to hot water heater
Just as a note, yes, it's a neat idea. But: 1) You can't skimp on mounting or wiring just because it's not grid tied. You still need to safely mount the panels and run the wiring. A wiring fault can…1 ·