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You talk about grid costs, but that is certainly not the whole story.

A lot of electricity is generated on sunny days. This affects the price.
That electricity is simply put on the grid by private producers. As a supplier you have to do something with it and you will have to sell the excess electricity at the SPOT prices.

An example:
Electricity prices for delivery on 14/04/2024 in EUR/MWh
12:00 – 13:00: -13.10
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: -26.97
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: -35.65
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: -39.95

At the sunniest time of the day it COSTS the supplier money to get rid of this electricity. I don’t know the regulations in the Netherlands well enough to comment further on this; but it seems logical to me that as a company you recover the costs from the producer in this case.

If you don’t want all this, there is a good solution: Take a dynamic energy contract.
The margins (in BE) that the suppliers make are quite small, so you get the market price for your electricity.

In the above case, with negative prices, the “export” of my inverter simply switches off and I don’t put anything on the grid. Only my consumption is “generated”.

Oversizing could be encouraged because this also covers private individuals who do not have the resources or the correct location for solar panels. The network must indeed be able to keep up, that must be made a priority. As long as the grid suppliers do not keep up, a huge amount of green energy will be thrown into the trash.

Above all, we want a stable power supply and, if possible, relatively green. In Belgium, the energy mix still largely consists of nuclear energy. You don’t just switch off a nuclear power plant.
The capacity of the grid certainly plays a role, but at peak times there is simply too much electricity. You can strengthen the grid, but the electricity still has to be consumed, and preferably as “close” as possible. You don’t want to have to use your excess solar energy on the other side of the country. Without adequate storage, we will continue to waste green energy. Better that than having a blackout with a few clouds.

In my case, the grid is currently so outdated that the mains voltage goes into overvoltage (253+V) +/- 50 times a day:
– When there is an overvoltage, the inverters in the village fail
– mains voltage is equalized
– Inverters switch on again
– Overvoltage
– Inverters fail
– etc. etc.

This can be solved perfectly by strengthening the network, but also by imposing a restriction on exports at peak times. Modern inverters can simply limit their exports.
You will waste green energy, but at least you can cover your consumption, instead of a failing inverter.

[Reactie gewijzigd door vezz op 25 april 2024 12:57]