Solar goes EXPONENTIAL - surpasses even Tony Seba's projections

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[@krishnachandramenon8]

I'm from India, last month 4kw solar system installed for $2520/- in INR. Cheaper and with an ROI within 2-3 years.

[@thebestevertherewas]

which company dude, is it available pan India ?

[@krishnachandramenon8]

@@thebestevertherewas it's after subsidy and Dcom registration fees refund, it's a listed vendor in the government MNRA site. Not sure about pan India. Adani's Topcon n-type 8 panels, actually 4.58kw.

[@tibsyy895]

Try to do that in Switzerland! 😂

[@a.v.gavrilov]

@tibsyy895 They do it too

[@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270]

That's great news! India will be a world solar powerhouse without doubt. I live in France and put 8 x 300 wP panels up in 2019...now that tech looks so old!...New panels going up next year will be 450 wP each. Even so, the old 8 panels have provided 75,000 km of driving my EV since I bough the car and the panels at around the same time.

[@VortokMercadia]

As I worded it to someone in my first year of college, "The way I see it, electricity is basically the lifeblood of modern civilization."

[@kiae-nirodiariesencore4270]

It is indeed, and it is becoming a commodity with no constraints on supply. I recommend reading a recent article in The Economist called 'Sun Machines', very thought provoking.

[@jcfallows]

It's an amazing positive message for the future!

[@hardi.howdy.983]

When you installed solar at home, it definitely surpassed even Tony Seba's projections 😁

[@jcfallows]

Another great reveal about solar Sam thank you. My prayers are with you and your family.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Only God can help us?

[@electricviking]

Thank you kindly

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

@@electricviking A little message for you .... left wing ideology and government debt is the principal driver behind the scheme. There is nothing wrong with utilizing sun radiation, but it would never be viable if trillions of taxpayer money were not invested into it. China is the main beneficiary. We are the losers.

[@kotgc7987]

The unicorns wish you and your family happy rainbows.

[@johnsbone]

It looks like the national Building Regulations here in the UK will be requiring solar PV on all new homes started after 2026. "Homes for the Future" Even here in the UK (England) we are seeing even north facing PV panels being "more than cost effective". They stay cooler and this almost offsets the lack of being south or west facing. Based on the real data in 2023/2024.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Which shows ... it is id eol ogy driven. Were it really needed, the regulation would not be necessary. But ... as always

[@michaelmartin9022]

​@@gdiwolverinemale4thGot quite the crazed fanatic 'ere, 'ent we, lads?

[@Julian_Wang-pai]

Good forecast EV and you're doing a great job informing us of these super positives 👏👏👏

[@parthppopat]

Gujrat model went further in installing solar panels over exposed water ways. Water evaporates less & humidity prevents overheating of the panels. 🙂

[@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461]

THX SAM 🤗🔋🔋🔋

[@electricviking]

Any time!

[@abdulyusuf9982]

Thanks to China for believing in renewable energy

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

lol ... thanks to Western government money printing. Stupidity has consequences. All taken into account, the savings are minimal

[@electricviking]

Our pleasure!

[@Bio33-lg2bh]

Here in the US solar with battery storage is dominating new additions to the grid.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Novelty is always very popular with the upper middle class. Particularly so with the soy and makeup wearing

[@grantchin1526]

I'm afraid we're a bit backward with solar adoption in New Zealand

[@kotgc7987]

Congrats on the new solar! I haven't had an energy bill for 15 years. Just cleaned the solar panels for the 1st time, so amazingly clean after 15 years. Bar chart shows about 10-20% more energy now per day. Only regret is I didn't have a monitor of how much energy solar makes and I used the last 15 years. I can recommend some UX friendly software if you don't have any software monitors. Solar rocks!

[@jasonallatt5410]

Great news and video Sam! 😎

[@gerardopadilla8607]

This was one of your best videos !!, "imagine if "

[@LinzDubNZ]

I hear a lot of talk about abundant energy and how the price will go to zero. Power companies won't allow this to happen. Personally I believe power prices will go a bit like broadband, where you'll pay a monthly line charge which will be determined by the maximum capacity (the peak of your power draw), and that the actual amount you use will be immaterial.

[@mateiasi1]

"Power companies won't allow this to happen" ? What can they do? They can bribe politicians to veto wind power installations (those require permits), but they can't stop people from installing solar panels on their properties.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Some people do not realize solar power is only available when there is sunlight. It is difficult to find a proper qualifier for such

[@LinzDubNZ]

@@gdiwolverinemale4th Some people don't realise that if you have a battery, and a sufficient number of solar panels, you have free power, 24/7.

[@jgarbo3541]

Sam, idiots never apologize.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

You have power only during the middle of the day, not at night when you need it the most for heating or hygiene. The solar bleeps are rid err iculous

[@freeheeler09]

That is why a home solar system also includes batteries. And, a solar system includes a smart electric panel. With solar, you run your dishwasher, washing machine, do most of your home cooling and heating, run your well pump, and charge your cars during the day. It isn’t an inconvenience to switch much of your electricity use to the sunny times of the day. And, battery prices, while still too high, are coming down. Homeowners will soon have 40 kWh of storage, enough, with solar, to power most homes even though the winter.

[@paulrandolph8469]

We got a solar estimate here in Canada. For an average house, they wanted CAD 63,000 (USD 46,700) to install. They're gouging the public, so we're going to wait a couple of years for prices to drop.

[@DanielEarlester]

It looks like people get solar panels for Christmas.

[@MrLasox]

Australia are in a huge lead of the solar production and it will become much cheaper in the future too and with better solar panels (most likely) with new technology it's good it's getting invested alot now, but it will become even more popular in the future because of the side-effects of everything. More and more houses has it, cheaper solar panels, more watts with newer technology. It is finaly looking good!

[@duncancairncross]

Solar is going great guns! But I just read Sebas 2013 book - and we are NOT "ahead" of his predictions - we are miles BEHIND ! Even so he was closer than everybody else at the time

[@rowanbroekman3929]

So what predictions did he make and how far behind are we?

[@duncancairncross]

@@rowanbroekman3929 He predicted today's levels before 2020

[@fishingpol5195]

As long as it makes financial sense people will buy it. In a lot of places electricity grid prices have gone up a lot while solar panels/install dropping a lot. Battery packs still a bit pricey but I think they will drop in the next few years and I think we will see even higher switch.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Indeed. The incentives are not great, except when compared with artificially inflated conventional energy cost

[@Julian_Wang-pai]

I live in a part of the world that isn't breaking into a sweat promoting the transition in any way. I could do with practical advice on how to add solar generated electricity to my house and garden (pumps, etc.).

[@coacoacoa2]

This is certainly a good news, but the only thing that matters is how much energy is produced, not the installed capacity. It is not the same to have a coal-fired power plant that can always operate at 90% power and have a solar power plant with the same maximum power.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Most of the people commenting here are delusional about the concept and believe they are changing the world by installing solar panels

[@wlhgmk]

Sam, do you have your system set up so that only the excess power over the rest of your demand, goes to the EV battery. If one just charges when the sun is shining, if the under-floor heating comes on, a cloud covers the sun, suddenly, you are charging mostly with grid power.

[@streamdungeon5166]

The great problem I see among people I know is that they get scammed and companies install the 20 years outdated garbage in their roofs that any reasonable company would throw away. Flimsy, inefficient, short-lived, temperature-sensitive crap that will leave the buyer frustrated. Informing these low-info buyers so they make better choices is the most important thing in solar imho!

[@VideoconferencingUSA]

Nice job

[@electricviking]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jayzeng8179]

Forget about it, energy will never be free. Even if it were, governments would introduce other fees to cover their expenses.

[@MA-me3rm]

Bix Weir is smiling 😂 😂😂

[@chrisconklin2981]

"What Could We Do With Free (Renewable) Energy?" I think that it a great idea, with a few points of caution. Remember is was no cost fossil fuels that ultimately go us into this mess. Granted renewable energy is different and I think you are talking about distributed generation. The future problem would be more social and political. I have always said that you cannot but a meter on the sun, but someone could try.

[@willeisinga2089]

Hi Sam. Thank You Again for this video. You mention Gigawatts. I dont know how much that is. On my bill there is kWh. Can you Always mention kWh to make it clear to everyone. For Example a hectare Solar is a MegaWatt installed. 1000 MW is 1 GigaWatt. But on my Energybill it is in kWh. I Pay kWh. I produce kWh. How much kWh is a Megawatt. One Hectare Solar is One Megawatt and produces 1 Million kWh per Year. That makes your story clear. I hope you get the idea.❤👍🌹🌹🌹

[@kkarllwt]

One megawatt is 1000 kilowatts. A hectare is 2.2 acres. The equivalent of putting a 4 KW system on 250 houses.

[@willeisinga2089]

@@kkarllwt and what is it in kWh. One megawatt is 1000 kilowatts. How many kilowatthour is 1000 kilowatts. I mean 1000 kilowatt is 1 MW. 1 MW is 1 Million kWh per year in Nederland. In Australia must be more. Most people dont know that. Always mention kWh. How much is a MW in kWh in Australia.???

[@ocker2000]

Did Seba predict the increase of demand for electric power? AI server farms require a huge additional power increase on top of growing demand for the electrification of mobility and heat pump heating and cooling...

[@steveclancy7832]

Sammy you should get rid of your solar installer clip on the roof wearing safety harness but having no hookup to safety ropes workcover don't like that kind of thing

[@raymondschembri5042]

Wrong , they have invisible rope 😂😂😂😂

[@steveclancy7832]

@@raymondschembri5042 sorry my bad I couldn't see the invisible magic rope lol

[@kingpop555-q7p]

Installed 6.6kw system with smart meter, no batteries, ROI 48 months. Hope I and the government have enough money to replace them at end-of-life, 15-20 years time.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

You will find out it is very far from what the TV personalities claim

[@donTeo136]

Just from a Idea basis - energy = work ,,because energy does work.. Once solar is paid off it is free work..free money. Work becomes free in form of eletrical energy. The sun does not charge...therefor the sun gives us free money. Free money is kind of non compute concept but this is only comparing it to our fiat/politcal system. If (and i do) we make interest on a non-debasing currency (Solona) thats free money also.

[@GWAYGWAY1]

I added solar to my roof but it has two strings and south facing roof, but I want to add more the a smaller roof east and west but use micro inverters and cannot find anybody that know if it is feasible to add to the 240volt side and gain in the morning and evening. Nobody knows or rather will not say if it would work.

[@giulianozunino324]

Following this trend how many TWh will be produced by solar energy in 2030?

[@h2rider953]

How large is your solar system SAM?

[@philipbrown9006]

If this trend continues, there will be times when there is actually a surplus of electricity. Rather than let this go to waste, this could be used to make synthetic petrol which would allow us petrol-heads to continue to drive our much hated ICE cars!

[@kkarllwt]

You would need a lot of free electricity to make the capital ( sunk ) cost of the plant worth doing . 10 to 14 hours a day. Move to texas. You can get free elect. overnight on many spring and fall days.To much wind power.

[@michaelmartin9022]

There's bacteria which eat plastic and convert it "back into" petrol. They do it very slowly, but research is underway speed up the process in industrial vats. One day they might be mining our old landfills for that valuable plastic!

[@CARambolagen]

593GW = 500 nuclear power plants!

[@stevenbarrett7648]

I understand solar panels are not better than 20 to 25% efficient in converting the sun's rays into electricity but I wonder what the efficiency of an ICE car or a coal / gas power station is ?. I guess you have to take into account the one off cost for energy used to produce the solar equipment versus the continuous cost of delivering the gas / coal to the power stations, it would be good to know, probably a bit of a shocker (pardon the pun) as you would have to include the cost of delivery of electricity from these stations to the homes and businesses.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Gas and steam turbines are about 60% efficient. However, the total cost of production, including fuel transportation, maintenance etc, reduces the cost effectiveness significantly

[@kkarllwt]

@@gdiwolverinemale4th The very best combined cycle Nat gas plants will do 57 % efficiency. This is a gas turbine with a steam secondary . Very few have been built. Most gas turbine plants run at 33 to 36 % eff. Coal plants about the same at full power. Now, mine the coal, build and run the railroad, dispose of the waste ( 5 to 8 % of the coal mass. ). Build the factories to make the mining and railroad equip. Employ many, many people to keep it running, including doctors and hospital staff. Include all the people who die in car/ coal train crashes. Pay for the care of all the people maimed but not killed In providing coal electricity.

[@sb4photos]

Hi. What size system and battery did u install ?

[@AcvaristulLenes]

I think AI and the electric car market grows way faster...

[@charlesmarsh9608]

Well done keep dragging out the DATA.

[@Medal-EED]

The EV adoption will accelerate Solar adoption.

[@Jeremy-WC]

Well I am one of the naysayers and I will be happy to apologize.... when this is shown to move the energy needle. We have been at a 80/20% split for fossil fuel consumption and other energy for the last 50 years. Show me a 77% fossil fuel world and I will start to believe this is having some positive impact instead of just allowing rampart consumerism to continue as the planet and civilization reach breaking points.

[@robsengahay5614]

120kw/h per day???? What size system is that? We have a 10kw system admittedly with some shade issues and a mixture of east and north facing panels but generate about half that on a good summer day. Today it was a beautiful sunny day in SE Queensland and we generated 43kw/h.

[@kkarllwt]

Clear spring day? divide by 7. I think he installed about 18 KW of panels.

[@gdiwolverinemale4th]

Well, well, well ..... still a small percentage of the total energy needs ... and far away from reliable

[@giulianozunino324]

When solar will be the first source of energy in the world?

[@michaelmartin9022]

It always has been!

[@nas4apps]

In The Netherlands, solar AND wind and a few small sustainable sources (like bio fuel) produce more than 50% (2023!!) of electricity. The Netherlands is as northerly as the Hudson Bay! Most solar m2 per capita in The Netherlands. Electric production used to be from Russian Gas - shut off now!! Paris Agreement 2030 milestone is a certain hit. ... now onto 2050. How done: decentralized near the needs: on rooftops! Not far out (requires more network). Organize network flexibility at local level - driven dynamic pricing. Accept network connections and allow reversible dynamic pricing (with capa) for households. This changes usage patterns! Fill the car midday. Washers/dryers/boilers/ovens/e-bikes - if all adapt a bit, networks are easily balanced!

[@nas4apps]

Issue in The Netherlands: winter darkness.... No sunbelt here. Wind is key in the winter, hydrogen storage can be utilized in the winter.

[@tinogruchmann]

Energy wont be free because we need storage and the grid. We are still have to solve these two issues or it wont work.

[@elephantintheroom5678]

Do you follow this channel at all? Do you know how many mega batteries are being installed, and how quickly?

[@jgarbo3541]

Of course, nothing is "free". We're looking at lowest sustainable costs. Don't be silly.

[@tinogruchmann]

@@elephantintheroom5678Hi, have you done your own calculations what is necessary to change to solar and wind with batteries worldwide. Batteries can only be used for some hours but not for weeks when we have no wind and sun. There we need power stations which work reliabel.

[@tinogruchmann]

@@jgarbo3541 the new grid and the storage will be more expensive as the old one. So the energy prices will go up when you go 100% without fossils. Its pure economics.

[@jgarbo3541]

@@tinogruchmann More expensive - than -...evidence? 100% of what? Back to kindergarten for you...

[@handlaidtracksand3dprinted922]

Minimal maintenance and free electric power - yea, solar doesn't make any sense at all...

[@Suburp212]

Solar is slowing down anywhere but in China.

[@vlarhellar]

Free energy is not possible -- somebody has to make the investment in renewable generation, somebody has to lay, and maintain power lines. Not everyone will be able to generate renewable electricity themselves, so will have to buy it from somebody.

[@kkarllwt]

At 5 in the morning, my power company will give me free electricity. They charge me 7 cents a KWH to bring it to my house. And taxes.

[@tibsyy895]

But it doesn't matter! The installation costs a ton of money. The panels are already just marginal costs!

[@michaelmartin9022]

I installed super-flexible and hard-wearing CIGS panels with some metal rods, stainless steel wire, heavy-duty rope and some elbow grease.

[@uber_l]

If you soak up so much sun energy, then eventually will need to increase co2 emissions, so that the the earth doesn't cool too much

[@elephantintheroom5678]

There is already so much CO2 rising into the atmosphere that it will take over a thousand years to reabsorb it through the carbon cycle. So I don't think we have to worry about the Earth cooling too much for a long, long time.

[@AndDiracisHisProphet]

is this a joke?

[@kkarllwt]

You should call yourself uber-i-englishmajor. Then we would understand this foolish post.

[@michaelmartin9022]

Ah, one of the "realists", I see...

[@binmanblog]

Please stop plugging your installer, it's getting anoying

[@codyepperson6796]

it like they have his family hostage

[@whitesamurai]

​@@codyepperson6796 Maybe they do. Never underestimate the power of the Chinese solar mafia.

[@elephantintheroom5678]

I don't think so. He's doing a public service.

[@zoransarin5411]

it is a story on solar you are watching...so kinda relevant don't you think?

[@kkarllwt]

It is a trade for a better price. Just skip.

[@alexishart1989]

I don't owe you an apology. All I said was that you can't pronounce NASA, and you're in love with Elon Musk. I stand by those statements.

[@nobrakes7247]

I'm sorry for all the Luddites Only problem I see with all this solar is super volcanos or some one chucking rocks at our planet again and maybe a nuke war in the northern hemisphere as well Solar and wind will be useless then No sun and wind full of dust that will tear wind turbines apart. Need a base load back up that can handle these events that happen and are over due to happen unfortunately for us

[@bobwallace9753]

We won't have zero sunshine and wind full of dust won't tear up turbines. Get real.

[@elephantintheroom5678]

How long have we used coal, and not a single super volcano eruption, just out of control global heating.

[@mbak7801]

Super volcanoes is game over for a large part of the world. A comet strike likewise. No 'baseload' system could survive. Widely distributed power generation is the least vulnerable.

[@DavidPlayfair]

Always look on the bright side of life! Eh?

[@patrickhenigin4805]

And how long would our current energy production and delivery system last? For that matter, how long would we last with all that poison dust and no food.

[@jarlingesandvik9883]

Vind is scam solar not.

[@petterbirgersson4489]

Wind has a clear use case in many parts of the world.

[@zoransarin5411]

The average wind turbine that came online in 2020 in the US generates enough electricity in just 46 minutes to power an average U.S. home for one month.

[@michaelmartin9022]

They both have their place, as does tidal. You wouldn't put one of those in the Sahara after all.