Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "German's and American's installed millions of solar powered batteries in 2023" video.

  1. Wind has also been generating a lot of electricity in Europe with the high winds we've been getting the last few weeks and I'm sure I've heard that in some countries, renewable is generating most and sometime all the electric needs at times. The real problem as we know is battery storage, there are times when you're generating more energy than you need, and that's likely going to be more of the case as more solar and wind is installed. Putin's war in Ukraine is really waking us all up and in the major markets like the EU, US and China, renewables are taking off at a rapid rate that others will likely follow, this sudden change could wipe out a decade or two of fossil fuel revenues, and putting us on the path to clean, independent energy, far sooner than it would have happened. Also, studies have been made in the EU, that around 40% of houses could become gridless by 2026, that's crazy and far sooner than I expect, now that doesn't mean that many houses will go gridless, it just means they could, the tech is getting to the point that it's doable, and I suspect as renewables and battery tech gets cheaper and better, more of us will go gridless so we don't have to pay any energy bills. Honestly, I thought we were still decades away to this, but the way things are going, over the next decade, a lot of countries could end up generating most of their energy by renewable means, that's impressive in its self but it's more so because there's a big push on EV cars and heat pumps, especially in Europe, that basically means that everything is going electric, homes, heating, cars and so on, that fits in nicely with renewable energy, battery tech and the ones that want to go gridless.
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  2. That seems to be the case almost everywhere, more wind and solar are being installed but consumers are not really benefitting on lower bills yet, and I feel to benefit on that, you have to do it yourself, put your own solar, wind or whatever up and you stand to save right away.
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  3. @@phillipbanes5484 He right thought, heat pumps are taking off in a big way in Europe to reduce the need of gas, many of the smaller northern countries are already in a good position when it comes to heat pumps already.
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