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Charlie Stross

@etchedpixels @pjohanneson Solar *is* problematic here in Scotland; in midwinter we get 6 hours of light out of every 24, so would be reliant on storage and need far more area under PV to make it work. (And we tend to live in dense apartments, so less roof area per person. And power consumption maxes out on winter nights for heating, not summer daytime for air conditioning.)

However we're a world leader for wind farms, which currently provide 94% of our power.

28 Oct 2023 at 21:01 | Open on wandering.shop
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Workshopshed

@cstross @etchedpixels @pjohanneson here in Ayrshire we saved approx 60% of our electricity bill ( cooking, washing, lighting) last year thanks to solar and battery. But the house still uses gas for heating though.

workshopshed.com/2023/10/solar

28 Oct 2023 at 21:40 | Open on mastodon.scot
Magnus Ahltorp

@cstross @etchedpixels @pjohanneson The most north I’ve been in Scotland is Ullapool, and that is still south of Stockholm. Here we have quite a lot of solar power, and I believe it’s quite popular even further north, but totally relying on it is difficult, as you say.

Even if dense apartments mean less roof space, they leak less heat, so that’s an advantage.

28 Oct 2023 at 22:29 | Open on mastodon.nu
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