This is something every single farmer in Canada and the World should watch!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

A5 The unused surplus is going back into the grid. What did you think happened with grid tied systems with a 2 way meter? Somebody else is using it.

Now extrapolate that out to everyone having a grid tied solar system. All producing their annual needs on average. And all selling it back to the grid when the sun shines, and all buying it back when the sun doesn't shine.
Where does the instantaneous production go?

In other words, what happens when you run out of somebodies to take your excess?

[furrowtickler]

Bullshite.

Mine produce 35000 kwh per year which is on average what our farm uses. Saving us from paying Sask power and all carbon tax free. Over their 25-30 year lifetime the estimated cost of each kwh is about 8 cents. Sask Power is currently charging about 15 cents. And their rates will continue to rise.

The 35,000 kwh I produce displace the 35,000 kwh that would have come from fossil fuels reducing carbon emissions.

At the utility scale solar and onshore wind are the lowest cost forms of new electricity generation in many regions of the world. They can increase generation capacity quickly and more cheaply than many other sources.

Backed up by other sources of sufficient capacity they reduce carbon emissions.

We already are capable of storing renewable electricity in EVs, grid batteries, ammonia, compressed air, pumped hydro.

A5 keeps telling us that it will be overproduced when the sun is shining and be not worth anything in the market. What a terrible problem to have. Surplus and really low cost electricity. Bring it on!

Bullshitte
wind and solar produced near zero when power was desperately needed last 10 days .
what happens of your homemade set up is irrelevant to this situation.

[ColevilleH2S]

What a fantastic fit grid-tie solar is for the Canadian prairies. Producing the most when it's needed the least, and producing the least when it's needed the most.

[Guest]

And the wind has been blowing like hell ....then they have to be shut down or FLY apart...TOO cold and they won't turn....TOO hot and they start on fire....

Designed by a libtard , possibly ?

[TOM4CWB]

Don’t worry, just like the Canadian Budget…. The Electrical Grid will miraculously balance itself…. According to our PM and Environment Minister….

Blessings… Praying for Wisdom… our children and grandchildren are headed for certain Catastrophic slavery… to deception and evil…

[shtferbrains]

Mine produce 35000 kwh per year which is on average what our farm uses. Saving us from paying Sask power and all carbon tax free. Over their 25-30 year lifetime the estimated cost of each kwh is about 8 cents. Sask Power is currently charging about 15 cents. And their rates will continue to rise.

The 35,000 kwh I produce displace the 35,000 kwh that would have come from fossil fuels reducing carbon emissions.

I opened my Sask Power statement shortly after reading this.
I can see we used about that 35,000 Kwh in only the 2 bills that come in the cold part of the year.
I must need about twice as many solar panels as you have?
Can I still get the same deal as you have with Sask Power?
If you could post up a few photos of your installation it sure would make it easier to see what is needed to zero my power costs.
Thanks for your help.

[fjlip]

Oh never, SHHH, it's a secret

[chuckChuck]

Shite are you using 17500 kwh per month? What are you using it for for? You could really use a solar PV system to cover a lot of that very high farm usage!

Moving on, summer demand peaks are increasing along with winter peaks. And you dont need to cover all demand with intermiittent renewables to gain all the benefits. Its not one or the other! Especially since Canada already has a very large amount of renewable hydro.

Electrification of many things demands more electricity so you don't need to worry about having too much low cost electricity from renewable sources.

We are going to need multiple sources and flexibility to lower carbon emissions.

The infinite low cost supply of renewable energy from the sun and wind are driving mass amounts of energy investment in many parts of the world.

Most Canadian provinces are investing in renewable sources because they are the lowest cost way to increase zero emission supplies.

[SASKFARMER]

Just build some new Nuclear power plants and throw the solar and wind Bullshit in the Dumpster. Its a joke. Today with clouds and a snow storm, Zero producing power from wind because its To fast for windmills and to cloudy for solar. Stupid Liberals never good at math. Well they cant count the dollars on their rebates from Ottawa. Only way it works if feds give money to the useless.

[Sodbuster]

Exactly, my thoughts as well, just wait till there mounds of solar panels and pieces of windmills that can’t be recycled before the experts might see the light.

[SASKFARMER]

exactly but i believe its all about control and electric is easy for gov to control.

[SASKFARMER]

Snow is building in the fields but it's snow and one good rain in spring does more. Maps show that a lot of Canada is dry they are worried about blowing dirt. We direct seed as long as we have some kind of stubble it is not happening. This is the misinformation going on.

[fjlip]

No snow banks here, nothing to ridge with.

[shtferbrains]

Shite are you using 17500 kwh per month? What are you using it for for? You could really use a solar PV system to cover a lot of that very high farm usage.

We use that amount every 3 months on the bills from the winter. Don't your farm power bills come quarterly?
If you have panels for 35,000 Kwt/yr how big of a system do I need to cover 50,000Kwt?
What kind of government subsidies can I expect and can I get the same deal as you for feeding most of the power to the grid in the summer and taking it out in the winter when I will produce very little?
How far from the meter are your panels?

If you can post up a few pics it would be easier for me to visualize what I need.

[chuckChuck]

Ask any solar company these questions because there are lots of variables depending on where you live.