Perhaps indeed governments and power companies need to figure out the compensation schema for those that provide energy to the grid. However, when we distribute energy production as we did in my country, I also opt for solving the surplus in energy production locally and/or regionally. In addition, most of the Dutch don't think when using energy resulting in a surplus of energy in the early afternoon to early evening. Most continue to consume energy when all the rest are consuming as well, i.e. in the mornings, in evenings. We need more intelligence in the whole consumption of energy. Postpone consumption of energy when the demand is low and the supply is high. Add energy storage systems to our own energy plants. An easy way out for those owning an electric car, or hybrid car is to use the battery of the car when we need more energy than we produce. And even when we don't have our own energy plant, when all-electric cars are hooked up to a local energy grid, perhaps as local as the street we live in, or the district we live in, we are already having a (part of) a solution for energy storage. Plenty of other solutions for energy storage can be thought of, and are in development, or even available on the market. However, our government isn't subsidising such projects. In my honest opinion, while being in favour of the decentralisation of money, why not decentralise the entire energy supply and demand? 😉
Great you are thinking of getting your own power plant at home. Not sure what roof you have. In my country, most roofs are covered with roof tiles. A company in my country launched integrated solar cells roof tiles. Perfect look and feel. No solar plates anymore. However, this product is not finding traction. I suppose not efficient enough while being more expensive. Hence, I like to see more research going into such developments and solutions. The eye likes to be pleased as well 😉
We need to think smart when it comes to energy. There have been incentives for years to use electricity off peak, eg running washing machines overnight. These devices have timers.
We want an electric car too, so we can charge that with solar. We will probably get a home battery system too.
Perfect thinking! When I got myself a house sometime later in life, I'll go for all sorts of options as well. In the meantime, am continuing to try to convince the co-owners of the apartment building to get ourselves an energy plant + energy storage system. In the last meeting we held together, I saw some more interest than I've seen before. Plus the majority holder got rid of a few apartments making the voting a bit more decentralised. Perhaps that will do the trick 😉