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by thechao 236 days ago
Which is why cheap batteries will be the camel that broke the straw's back. It's really hard to find numbers, but I like 20–30$/kwh by 2030. At those prices I can get a 4 day backup for an oversized (50kw) solar panel install for my house for 20k$. Why even hook up to the grid, at all?
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> Why even hook up to the grid, at all?

Day 5?

Hook up to the grid for arbitrage, and make some more money.