We’re totally used to carryingbattery packs to recharge our phones and laptops, butwhat about powering your home?
That’s where oversized powerpacks likeAnker’s new Solix F3800come in.
But they’re also giant batteries, with all the environmental concerns of smaller batteries, only bigger.
Anker Solix F3800.Anker
They play a pivotal role in overcoming the intermittent nature of renewable sources like solar.
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The new Solix starts at $3,999.
That’s enough to power your air conditioning or any other home appliance.
Anker Solix F3800.Anker
you might also expand the storage capacity to 53.8kWh with Anker’s expansion batteries.
So you could probably power a typical European city apartment on a much smaller rig.
After all, we’re almost all connected to the grid.
“The main problem with solar adoption isn’t the cost of the panels themselves.
In fact, the PV panels are considered the cheapest part of the entire system.
The problem is the output intermittency, or what’s called the solar power duck curve.
“One popular way to do this is to use the excess electricity to pump water up a reservoir.
Batteries are just a way to convert electrical energy to chemical energy.”
Power Balance
But batteries have their problems.
They are getting better, but [it] still doesn’t make sense from an economic standpoint.”
It’s a tricky problem to solve, not least because we’re all so used to unlimited power.
Perhaps we don’t have to trigger the air conditioning and the heated towel rails at the same time.
Maybe we could ditch the clothes dryer and hang the clothes on a clothesline.
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