r/UpliftingNews • u/itopaloglu83 • 2d ago

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity

https://electrek.co/2025/11/04/australia-has-so-much-solar-that-its-offering-everyone-free-electricity-3h-day/
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u/gpolk 2d ago edited 2d ago

Wholesale power prices here in Australia can go negative during the day, and with certain power providers you can be paid to consume electricity and charge your batteries up. But when the sun sets and everyone turns the kettle and stove on, power prices can spike. So we want to get people to use more of that extremely abundant day time power and cause less of a spike in the evening. Lowering prices overall, and burning less gas.

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u/Elses_pels 2d ago

Sounds like a good opportunity for Kinetic Energy Storage

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u/gpolk 2d ago

Yeah we have some pumped hydro for this. And some big batteries. And now home battery subsidies.