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Rocketman

Each time I take a walk around the neighborhood, I see more houses with #solar panels. Must be 25% or so by now. Probably a much higher share if you count only the owner occupied houses.

People really seem to like this magic free energy thing!

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Cassandrich

@slothrop I'd consider it but free hot water and heating sounds even more attractive as use of the space.. 😁

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fedops 💙💛

@dalias in these latitudes solar heating isn't really a thing.
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Cassandrich

@fedops @slothrop Whatever you can get as electricity, you should be able to get at least 4-5x as heat if you can concentrate & absorb it.

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fedops 💙💛

@dalias likewise if you send it through a heat pump.

Still not nearly enough in winter though. For 4.5 kWe installed we got 60 kWh so far this month.

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Cassandrich

@fedops @slothrop Yeah, PV + heat pump is really competitive with direct solar heating.

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